It begins with our heroes, Liu Kang (Robin Shou) and Princess Kitana (Bond babe Talisa Soto), returning home victorious from their battle with the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung, only to discover that all of their friends have been replaced by less talented actors. And, although I can’t verify this, I believe it is also the first film I saw bad enough that it simply begged me to make fun of it. It was the first film I ever mentally checked out of and began to pick apart why it was so screamingly awful. ![]() It was the first film where I recognized sitting in the theater that I was watching a total piece of garbage. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is also a special part of my youth. ![]() That’s roughly 26 out of 72 hours that I spent by myself in front of the TV watching Bridgette Wilson bounce around in short shorts and a tank top.Īctually, I’m gonna go ahead and consider that a weekend well spent. In fact, by the time we returned the three-day rental, I had watched Mortal Kombat-I kid you not- thirteen times. It holds a special place in my heart as it is, to date, the only movie I’ve ever watched literally five times in a row. Luckily, it also happens to be fast, funny, and surprisingly clever considering the franchise’s claim to fame is the ability to rip people’s spines out. See, the original Mortal Kombatis an absurd and goofy action flick that plagiarizes Enter the Dragon closely enough to get itself in deep trouble with the vice-principal. Even in that realm of the damned, however, Annihilation stands apart as a whole different breed of suck. That’s probably not surprising to you, considering it is not only a video game movie, but a SEQUEL to a video game movie. Sorry.)Īl’s review: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a bad movie. Summary Capsule: Any goodwill earned by the first Mortal Kombat is cashed in for a sequel that’s basically Power Rangers with a hangover.Īl’s rating: Likely to cause one or two Fatalities (Ha ha… ha… ha. Leonetti and starring Robin Shou, James Remar, Talisa Soto, and Sandra Hess The Scoop: 1997 PG-13, directed by John R.
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