Andrew_Hicks's Full Review: Mortal Kombat - Annihilation
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN NOVEMBER, 1997
What do you say about a movie that can't even spell "combat" right? When you think about the fact that Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a sequel to a movie based on a video game, you realize there's not much hope for entertainment value. Normally, I wouldn't think of seeing a movie like this, but I had to make a deal with some of my friends and agree to see this if they'd go with me to get them to the far-classier The Ice Storm. It's not easy to get people my age to come with me to movies that don't have any cartoonish violence or butt jokes.
I won't be able to give much of a plot summary to those people who are actually interested in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, but then again, most of the people who are probably can't read. But because I actually spent money to see this, I feel obligated to at least get a review out of it, and to be sure everyone who reads this knows, THIS IS A BAD, BAD MOVIE. The acting is horrid, the plot is non-existent, the constant techno score (by the non-funkadelic George S. Clinton) is annoying beyond belief and even the fight scenes aren't that great.
However, and I have yet to see the piece of trash that refutes this, when you see any movie on a huge screen in a theater with digital surround sound, it looks pretty good. Because of this rule, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation wasn't a complete waste. I could sit there for 90 minutes, my tongue hanging out of my mouth, my pulse reduced by about 20 beats per minute, and just stare at the mind-numbing visuals. People kicking each other's asses, cleavage and computer-animated special effects, even in a movie this bad, looks semi-inviting.
So what's the idea behind Mortal Kombat: Annihilation? Well, there are five heroes, transported straight from the video game. There's an Asian guy, an Asian girl, a white guy, a white girl and a black guy, all 100 percent wooden. They fight a group of bad guys, including a horse-man and a four-armed woman (there's also probably a bearded lady and human torso in there somewhere), who have a portal open into some evil dimension. One guy's immortal, then he's not, then he's dead, then he's alive again. Yeah, I'm vague, but this is trash and, be honest, you're not reading it anyway.
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