New shots and details of the Mortal Kombat movie reboot that is 'definitely not gonna get a PG-13 rating' (Updated)

Update: As many have pointed out, the older Mortal Kombat movies did feature fatality moves. Presumably the hype interviews for this movie over-reached in trying to emphasise that their fatalities would be.... more fatal somehow?

Original: The Mortal Kombat reboot movie is due for release April 16 this year, and Entertainment Weekly has the first shots of the film alongside a bunch of plot details. If you're surprised that this particular franchise has reached a point where directors talk solemnly about the lore and gore, you're not alone. "Blood represents a connection," says director Simon McQuoid. "Blood represents who we are. Without getting too overcomplicated, what we did is use blood executionally."

Got it. The movie begins with a fight between Hanzo Hasashi (played by Logan actor Hiroyuki Sanada) and Bi-Han (Warrior's Joe Taslim), who will respectively become Scorpion and Sub-Zero. "[Hanzo's] the leader of a ninja clan and he's strong, but also… at the beginning, he's a peaceful family man," says actor Sanada. "It is like a family drama with excitingly brutal fighting. That's the image of this movie for me."