When I first saw this I couldn't help but think if this were a movie, I'd definitely see it. As it turns out, speculation about the YouTube clip hit the internet followed by interviews with some of the cast in the short film. The downside is no, it's not a movie (not yet anyway). Here's what popular movie website LatinoReview had to say:

[INDENT] Now it looks as if we're going to finally get the rated 'R' reboot we fans deserve. Kotaku has the first look at the Mortal Kombat test video shot for Warner Brothers to get funding for a full blown hard 'R' MK movie. Yes, this is the direction they plan on going for the Mortal Kombat reboot.

[/INDENT] You might have recognised some of the cast in the short film - "Jax" is played by Michael Jai White who also played [I]Spawn[/I] in the movie of the same name and "Sonya Blade" is played by Jeri Ryan who portrayed the Borg hottie Seven of Nine in [I]Star Trek: Voyager[/I]. [URL=http://www.gameculture.com/2010/06/10/mortal-kombat-rebirth][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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