Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Movie Info

Genre(s): Action  |  Adventure  |  Fantasy

Written by: Brent V. Friedman & Bryce Zabel
Lawrence Kasanoff & Joshua Wexler & John Tobias (story)
Ed Boon (video games)

Directed by: John R. Leonetti

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 21, 1997
DVD: September 14, 2004

Running Time: 91 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for non-stop martial arts violence

Starring Robin Shou, James Remar, Talisa Soto, Sandra Hess, Brian Thompson, Lynn 'Red' Williams, Reiner Schöne, and Deron McBee

In defiance of the Elder Gods, the evil Outworlders are back to wreak hell on Earth. Earth's last hope is the mighty Liu Kang and his explosive fighting friends. They're all that stand between life…and annihilation! (New Line)

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Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 3.0 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes

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N P gave it a0:
It is one of the worst movies I have ever seen! It makes the first movie (which was a masterpiece) a joke. Just watch the first one (its better).

Christian S. gave it a1:
Hi, if you want to watch mortal kombat, watch the first one because it is so much better this garbage they call a sequel. even if it is faithful to the video game that i played when i was 10, the whole film is brought down by terribly cheesy and outdated visual effects, corny dialouge, annoying characters, and a terrible script.

LB gave it a0:
I had heard this was horrible, but my sanity was simply annihilated as I watched this on TV. Bad acting, terrible fight scenes, and the plot makes no sense. Characters just randomly show up and fight random characters. The first one was actually pretty decent, but they really should have left it alone after that.

Kevin M gave it a4:
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).

Edgar V gave it a2:
A very bad movie at all levels even though in my opinion is a little- but only a little- better than the first which was pretty awful itself... From bad acting to ridiculous special effects the experience turns into un unbearable torment... This is definitely the movie you should be looking forward... to avoid!

Gabbo E gave it a2:
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, that's pretty much the description of this sequel, it annihilated the opportunity of New Line ever doing another Mortal Kombat movie, i really liked the first Mortal Kombat movie, but i did not like this one as much as i liked the first one, what went wrong with this one was that almost everyone of the original cast has been replaced except for Robin Shou as Liu Kang and Talisa Soto as Kitana, the costumes were terrible, the special effects were vomit, the dialogue was absolutely cheesy, the fights were not as good as the fights in the first MK movie and there were too many characters jumping in and out, bottomline: the original Mortal Kombat movie is an excellent masterpiece, but the sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a waste of time.

Patrick N gave it a0:
The most time-wasting movie that i watched.Can your face still be in perfect shape when you get hit by a steel hatchet in the face?

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