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Mortal Kombat - Annihilation
1997
The Outworld villains, refusing to accept the outcome of the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, try their hand at the direct approach--storming Earth instead, amidst the same synthetic fog, computer morphing, and pounding techno score cues as the first film. Waiting to rebuff them are valiant Earth warriors Liu Kang, the burly Jax,.. Read more
| Starring | Robin Shou, Sandra Hess, Chris Conrad, Talisa Soto |
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| Director | John Leonetti |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Mortal Kombat - Annihilation
The Outworld villains, refusing to accept the outcome of the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, try their hand at the direct approach--storming Earth instead, amidst the same synthetic fog, computer morphing, and pounding techno score cues as the first film. Waiting to rebuff them are valiant Earth warriors Liu Kang, the burly Jax, and Sonya Blade, as well as a newly humanized Rayden.
| Starring | Robin Shou, Sandra Hess, Chris Conrad, Talisa Soto, James Remar, Irina Pantaeva, Keith Cooke, Brian Thompson, Marjean Holden, Dana Hee, Litefoot, Deron McBee, Raynor Scheine, Musetta Vander, Tyrone Wiggins, Lynn 'Red' Williams |
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| Director | John Leonetti |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 1999 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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The second movie based on the martial arts arcade game, and this has even bigger helpings of action and special effects than the original. Robin Shou is back from the first outing, though Christopher Lambert's role is now taken by James Remar. Evil warlords from the sinister Outworld are bent on dominating Earth again, and the elder gods are powerless to intervene. Only a handful of fearless heroes can save the day with their amazing fighting skills and superhuman abilities. There's only slightly more plot than appeared in the original computer game, and the result is undemanding fun.
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There is a problem in converting the mindless mayhem of video games to the mindless mayhem of action films: the latter require an engaging narrative to replace the interactive charms of the former, something this mess fails to achieve.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
If you liked the first one ...
Okay, it's confession time. There's a part of me that really enjoys these movies. Like many of my generation, I grew up playing the games, and they were definitely among my favourites. I saw the first 'Mortal Kombat' when I was about twelve or so, and at the time really I enjoyed it. And now, many years later, I've finally got round to watching the sequel.
The first 'Mortal Kombat' at least tries to pass itself off as a film ... but there's none of that here. This movie is a feature length, non-interactive computer game. Only most computer games have better scripts. Okay, that's a little harsh ... SOME computer games have better scripts. I was prepared enjoy this movie, but that wasn't helped by the fact that Johnny Cage, the coolest character from the original, is killed off in the first five minutes. The little kid in me screamed 'How dare they!' when that happened.
We have a few new characters introduced ... there's a black guy with steel arms, some chinese chick, another girl with four arms, and scorpion and sub zero's brothers pop in for quick visit too. The big baddie, Khan, is played by Brian Thompson who you'll probably recognised as the alien bounty hunter from the X-files, or various other cult appearances. He along with the rest of the cast give the appropriate over-the-top performances. I mean, what else could they do?
Ten to twelve year old boys might enjoy this movie, and I know I probably would have at that age. But to be honest it's far too silly for everyone else. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Can you spot a cash-in?
Right, well the first film was one heck of a film. It didn't tie too closely to the originaly storyline from the games (apparantly) but it provided the game background in a way that both the gamers and those watching the film with no knowledge of MK alike will understand.
This sequel, to be honest, was an attempt to cash in on the success of the first film. They wanted to throw in some extra game-based plot pieces to satisfy the audience but to be honest detracted from the storyline of the MK games and instead provided a rather uninspiring, uninformative... piece of rubbish.
Now, from what i understand the sequel was not undertaken by the same team who did the first, however the much awaited third film will be (as the rights to the MK films has expired with the makers of the second movie now) when it is finally completed..
Hopefully the third will make up for the second, this film is a perfect case study to support the statement that sequels suck.
I watched it for the fact it was MK... although I wont make a habit of re-watching it. -
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