Review of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) by Cj O — 24 Oct 2012

The tagline for Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is "destroy all expectations", and quite frankly, it did just that, the good intentions of the first movie are flushed within the first 5 minutes of this sequel, the majority of the actors from the original have been recast (Robin Shou as Liu Kang, and Talisa Soto as Kitana are pretty much the only noticeable faces returning), Johnny Cage is killed off in the opening (which is mind-boggling since he was such a likable character in the previous film), the plot is extremely paper-thin, but of course, we have to look at the action, but unfortunately, the fight scenes here are extremely lackluster and feel rushed, another grand issue with the film is that it manages to cram in as many characters from Mortal Kombat II and MK3 as possible, and give them little-to-no development, a lot of them either get killed off, or disappear, the acting is horrible, and to add a little topping, the production values are incredibly cheap, containing some of the worst CGI ever to be featured in a theatrical film, this can be easily mistaken for a DTV sequel, the only redeeming factor is the soundtrack.