Review of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) by Kai82 — 01 Feb 2020

This is a direct continuation from the first movie. You only need to see the first few scenes to get all warning signs. They replaced many actors immediately (or the others left in terror;-). Raiden is the most apparent example.

Its like you replaced Dirk Nowitzki with Bernie Sanders without any remarks (Visually not Basketball related. I must admit that this idea would be interesting in real life). Then there is the story and acting.

While the former movie got the right balance of seriousness and taking itself not too serious, this movie fails. There are a lot of scenes / stuff that should be engaging. But it is pointless, an under-performance or unintentionally hilarious.

I don't blame the actors. Even the best actors /actress cant get much out of an awful script or a bad role. What troubles me the most are the sparks of good ideas in this movie. With adaptations and improvements you could make a better or even good movie out of the setting and some ideas.

Then there are the fights. While I admit that the final confrontation is engaging the total performance is disappointing. It is sadly not even “So bad that it is good”. That would at least improve the rating.

Overall I would not rewatch and forget that this movie exist. The best I got out of it was the idea to let Dirk Nowitzki play Basketball against Bernie Sanders (and his team?). This has more potential than this movie;-).