Mortal Kombat Annihilation – ABC Film Challenge – Video Game Movies – M – Mortal Kombat Annihilation – Movie Review
Director: John R Leonetti
Writer: Brent V Friedman, Bryce Zabel (Screenplay)
Writer: Lawrence Kasanoff, Joshua Wexler, John Tobias (Story)
Cast
- Robin Shou (Death Race)
- Talisa Soto (License to Kill)
- James Remar (Oppenheimer)
- Sandra Hess (California Man)
- Lynn Red Williams
Plot: A group of martial-arts warriors has only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion.
Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Mortal Kombat Annihilation starts as Liu Kang (Shou), Kitana (Soto), Sonya Blade (Hess) and Raiden (Remar) face a new threat. They believe the world to be safe after winning the last tournament, however, Shao Kahn (Thompson) has other ideas.
Now Liu Kang, Sonya Blade and Raiden must assemble a new team of fighters to save Kitana. It sends them on journeys of self-discovery to make themselves fiercer warriors than before. All leading to a final showdown to save the world.
Verdict on Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Mortal Kombat Annihilation is an action-adventure movie following on from the first movie. It follows the fighter facing a new threat that could see the world’s end as we know it. They must come together to fight this threat if they are ever going to save the world.
This is a weaker sequel; however, it keeps the banging soundtrack. The fights are entertaining, but the bigger story goes in a more complicated direction. We get characters recast which doesn’t help either as it feels more like a reboot than a sequel for some characters. You can see why we never got another movie in this universe and it took 25-odd years before Hollywood tried again.
Final Thoughts – Mortal Kombat Annihilation is a weaker sequel with wacky fight sequences.
