'Mortal Kombat' first look: Inside the R-rated reboot, fatalities and all. See the first 'Mortal Kombat' photos, showing off the R-rated reboot, Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion, and a wholly new character from Lewis Tan. When you think of Mortal Kombat, you think of blood. Buckets of it. That kind of gruesome splatter that comes from "kali ma shakti de"-ing an opponent in a savage fight to the death. But blood, as director Simon McQuoid thought of it for the upcoming video-game-inspired movie reboot, has many meanings. "Blood represents family," he tells EW. "Blood represents a connection. Blood represents who we are. Without getting too overcomplicated, what we did is use blood executionally." And it starts flowing right from the get-go. Check out the link to read more about this.