It was a banner week for badass videos showing up online. ‘Fake’ video game shorts, ‘real’ video game shorts, crazy ass metal videos and of course ninjas. Here’s four of the more noteworthy ones.
Mortal Combat
The internet was taken by storm when a Mortal Combat 7-minute short hit the web on Monday. As I write this the video has been viewed 2.4 million times via YouTube. The clip was put together by Fame director Kevin Tancharoen in hopes that Warner Brothers woud give him a shot at the franchise. SlashFilm has more details on this.
This was really well put together and more polished than a ‘fan film’ due to the fact that it was Hollywwod pros donating their time to put this together making it look many times more expensive than its’ reported $7500 budget.
This was really well put together and more polished than a ‘fan film’ due to the fact that it was Hollywwod pros donating their time to put this together making it look many times more expensive than its’ reported $7500 budget.
Red Dead Redemption Short Film by Director John Hillcoat
Director John Hillcoat was commissioned by Rockstar Games to create and direct a short 30-minute based around their Red Dead Redemption video game universe.
“It was created and directed by John Hillcoat (the director of The Proposition and The Road) and chronicles a slice-in-time of protagonist John Marston as he tracks down his former fellow outlaw and friend, Bill Williamson. Along the way, Marston encounters many of Red Dead Redemption’s eclectic cast of dreamers, misfits and liars.”
Parkway Drive – “Sleepwalker”
Metalcore may not be your cup of tea as far as music genres go but hot damn is this a visually stunning music video. I’m not sure where an Aussie hardcore band would obtain the funds to pull something off this dazzling but I’m not complaining. This video hauls ass. High contrast black and white imagery, swarms of locusts and buildings that come alive as monsters. I had to watch it a couple of times to take it all in.
If metal or hardcore ain’t your thang then keep the volume low. Personally I turned it UP.
Alien vs Ninja – Trailer
Damn do the Japanese know how to have fun or what? Twitch Film posted the Alien vs. Ninja trailer this week and I’m stoked. Usually I like my movies hard and serious but I’m a sucker for any film produced by anyone that anything to do with VERSUS. Yuji Shimomura was the action director on VERSUS and the director of DEATH TRANCE which I also enjoyed. Yeah I’ll be checking this one out.
It’s been a good week.
-Jay
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