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Mortal Kombat Annihilation

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Mortal Kombat Annihilation

PG-13

Released Nov 21, 1997

1h 34m

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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Every generation, a portal opens up between the Outerworld and Earth. Emperor Shao-Kahn (Brian Thompson), ruler of the mythical Outerworld, pounces the moment the portal reopens and slips through with his mighty warriors, intent on total domination and uniting the two worlds. However, he has only seven days to complete his task. In the meantime, opposition grows and warriors Sonya Blade (Sandra Hess), Jax (Lynn "Red" Williams), Kitana (Talisa Soto) and Liu Kang (Robin Shou) get ready for war.

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Critics Consensus

With its shallow characters, low budget special effects, and mindless fight scenes, Mortal Kombat - Annihilation offers minimal plot development and manages to underachieve the low bar set by its predecessor.

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Lawrence Van Gelder

New York Times

Here's the lowdown on the latest chapter in Mortal Kombat: deadly dull.

Jul 20, 2021

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Joe Holleman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is not just a movie based on a video game, it is a sequel to a movie that was based on a video game. That pedigree should tell you all you need to know about the quality of this movie.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 20, 2021

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Michael Saunders

Boston Globe

The filmmakers tried to get complicated -- and pay a price. The story lines are obviously designed to link the fight scenes, leading to moments of hilariously bad dialogue.

Jul 20, 2021

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

I barely managed to make it through Mortal Kombat Annihilation because the dialog is terrible, the story makes no sense and the kung fu action scenes are substandard.

Rated: F

May 16, 2022

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

A critical and commercial fatality, this fantasy action-adventure flopped so hard it sent its characters back to their original, video-game realm until a 2021 live-action reboot.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 13, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The climax devolves into a mess of pitiful CG animalities - video game finishing moves that definitely shouldn't have been translated into the realm of cinema.

Rated: 1/10

Jan 2, 2022

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Michael D L

Not like the original with horrible effects and no atmosphere

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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Amir S

The first one was good, fascinating and interesting. The second one took everything and beat it hard, and made it a "FATALITY". My point is that the first movie was a masterpiece in terms of everything, from the plot to the characters - it really is a good movie. The second one, on the other hand, took everything and ruined everything, thus causing there to be no movie in this series for a long time (until the reboot came out), my point is - the movie is a pile of bad and terrible decisions that were not put together well, the idea was okay but the execution is a joke.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Kaleb B

Great movie. Like the first, the comedic jabs are great and the movie still holds up. Soundtrack is awesome, robin shou should have been a martial arts star. Only giving 4 stars because the first movie is legendary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/25

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LÃder7reynier Ã

That thing is ugly 😡.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/24

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James B

this movie is hilarious its soooo bad the special effects look terrible. the only good mortal kombat is the original by paul w s anderson and the 2021 remake was ok but this one is so terrible u have to see it once for a laugh i saw it on hbo max app. seriously shao khan the emperor played by brian thompson is soooo over the top its too funny hilarious acting all around with bad dialogue see this for the terrible writing and plot but seriously awful movie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Tabitha B

It is not weak to value life!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

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Synopsis

Every generation, a portal opens up between the Outerworld and Earth. Emperor Shao-Kahn (Brian Thompson), ruler of the mythical Outerworld, pounces the moment the portal reopens and slips through with his mighty warriors, intent on total domination and uniting the two worlds. However, he has only seven days to complete his task. In the meantime, opposition grows and warriors Sonya Blade (Sandra Hess), Jax (Lynn "Red" Williams), Kitana (Talisa Soto) and Liu Kang (Robin Shou) get ready for war.

Director: John R. Leonetti
Producer: Lawrence Kasanoff
Screenwriter: Ed Boon, Lawrence Kasanoff, Joshua Wexler, John Tobias, Brent V. Friedman, Bryce Zabel
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $35.9M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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