Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Metascore
11 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 10 out of 12
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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    60
    But the most stimulating, satisfying aspect of this action fantasy is the theme music.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    50
    Its dazzling special effects make its combatants flip and fly, spin and soar, all the while punching and kicking each other like jackhammers, only to leave viewers utterly unmoved.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel M. Kimmel
    30
    Pic consists largely of choppily edited fight scenes (usually involving somersaults and back flips) combined with various computer graphic effects.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    25
    It wastes no time getting to the punching, kicking, stomping and zapping that passes for a cinematic event. [22Nov1997 Pg. 35]
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  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    20
    This tedious hodgepodge of martial-arts mayhem, bogus mysticism and computer-generated special effects doesn't even pretend to have a plot.
  6. Empire
    Reviewed by: Ian Freer
    20
    It would miss the point to complain that the plot is nonsensical drivel peopled by paper-thin characters and a paucity of ideas.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    16
    Fragmented and monotonous, without a semblance of the gymnastic cleverness that at least made the first Mortal Kombat film into watchable trash, Mortal Kombat Annihilation is as debased as movies come.
  8. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    12
    This film has no story, no characters, and no coherence.
  9. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Bob Heisler
    10
    The sequel is quite serious, charmless and critic-proof (in fact, it wasn't screened for the media), and it may attract the teenagers who have made the game so popular. [24Nov1997 Pg.10]
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  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    10
    Here's the lowdown on the latest chapter in Mortal Kombat: deadly dull.
  11. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    0
    The movie is nothing more than a perpetual chain of elaborately choreographed (by returning star Robin Shou) fight sequences that mix live-action foregrounds with complexly layered digital effects and are linked together by the most flimsy and laughable of plot elements.
  12. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    0
    It's cynical and it's depressing, and I would lock a child in a room before I'd show him Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

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User Score
3.3 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 19 out of 27
  1. grandpajoe6191
    2
    "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" is just terrible. It's like watching a PG-13 version of sesame street, where they all fight with poor effects rather than to talk out. Don't, just don't waste your time on this.… Full Review »
  2. KevinM
    4
    I like how 5 guys can come up with a story that any 6th grader could have come up with in their head. This sequel was just shallow. Still, it's not the worse movie I've ever seen, but it is definitely one of the weakest movie adaptations of a video game (nothing beats Street Fighter, even though it was entertaining for all the wrong reasons).… Full Review »
  3. Rox22
    3
    While I do give this movie some credit for trying to remain loyal to the games, it kind of get lost in trying to do too much and not doing anything significant to explain a thing to the audience. Even a die-hard MK fan as myself had to go WTF when watch this movie. Overall: An extremely poor example of a movie that just seems to be there to milk the franchise for all its worth. Not to mention the extremely BAD "acting." Almost makes the Street Fighter movie look like Shakespeare.… Full Review »
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