Mortal Kombat Annihilation

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Mortal Kombat Annihilation

PG-13

Released Nov 21, 1997

1h 35m

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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Incog D

Lemme be the first to say, this movie had SO much potential to be great but it's probably one of the worst sequels I ever watched. Terrible dialogue, rushed plot that could've been broken into two movies, noticable bad cast swaps, terrible introduction/lack of new character backstories, the fight scenes feels empty, and the introduction of Outworld falling flat. Only positive I can say is that the music is good. The first movie wasn't Shakespeare but compare these two movies and you'll see that it makes the first movie it look like it. Avoid this movie at ALL costs.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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Daniel N

Not as good as the original but still really liked this. Christopher Lambert, Bridgette Wilson and Linden Ashby were big losses and their personalities were sorely missed. But this second instalment is still packed with great fight scenes and a great soundtrack.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Michael C

Still ICONIC and still so AMAZING!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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David W

Just about watchable if you really have nothing else to do. The dialogue is terrible but some of the fight choreography is OK. A resounding meh.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Frank G

One of the worst abominations to ever be filmed. Good choice of characters, good choice of plot continuation from the first movie, everything else is horrible. It's almost in so bad it's good territory. The special effects are hilariously bad. The acting is over the top and insane. Some of the fight scenes are ridiculous. It honestly looks like a fan made film but not even as good as most of those. Very unintentionally campy and the source of a few food memes but that's about it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/30/25

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Korra N

There is some so-bad-it's-good fun to be had with this abysmal movie, but wow is this one of the worst sequels ever made & one of the worst movies ever made.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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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 35m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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