Mortal Kombat Annihilation

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Mortal Kombat Annihilation

PG-13

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

07/20/2021

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

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Joe Holleman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

07/20/2021

1/4

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.

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Michael Saunders

Boston Globe

07/20/2021

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.

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

05/16/2022

F

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.

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

04/13/2022

1/5

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.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

01/02/2022

1/10

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.

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Peter H

@RT50583544 2d

This movie had everything that could've made it good. More iconic MK characters, the original Liu Kang and Kitana from the first one. However, a combination of horrible special effects, terrible acting, and abysmal directing makes it almost unwatchable. To watch it from beginning to end is to be driven by pure curiosity to see if it is really as bad as it is. It shouldn't be allowed to exist.

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David C

@David617 Mar 25

Es muy mala de principio a fin se basaron mucho en los juegos y más en el MK4 agregan a personajes que salieron un poco más después

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Enrique R

@EnriqueRamosLovesMovies Jan 19

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the worst movie ever, boring, performances suck. The CGI is horrifying. Should have been rated R. Overall, I give this film a 0/10 or a 1/5 stars.

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Mr. G

@Mr.Guy Dec 5

Worst movie ever. You suck

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Lindsay G

@RT38134263 Nov 26

Not a classic like the original, but Midly entertaining.

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Maksim S

@MaksimusMovies Nov 1

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is an unwatchable mess, a bewildering hybrid of Power Rangers aesthetics and Bruce Lee-style martial arts, seemingly directed by a team of 12-year-olds. The plot is incoherent, the performances flat, and the action, though intended to impress, often lands as laughably chaotic. Ambitions far outstrip execution, leaving a film that is tedious, unengaging, and best left unseen.

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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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