Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

A group of martial arts warriors have only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion.

Director:

John R. Leonetti

Writers:

Ed Boon (video games), Lawrence Kasanoff (story),

Stars:

Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robin Shou	...	Liu Kang
Talisa Soto	...	Kitana
James Remar	...	Rayden
Sandra Hess	...	Sonya Blade
Lynn 'Red' Williams	...	Jax
Brian Thompson	...	Shao-Kahn
Reiner Schöne	...	Shinnok (as Reiner Schoene)
Musetta Vander	...	Sindel
Irina Pantaeva	...	Jade
Deron McBee	...	Motaro
Marjean Holden	...	Sheeva
Litefoot	...	Nightwolf
Chris Conrad	...	Johnny Cage
John Medlen	...	Ermac
J.J. Perry	...	Cyrax / Scorpion

Storyline

Mortal Kombat is an ancient tournament where the Earth Realm warriors battle against the forces of Outworld. Liu Kang and a few chosen fighters fought and defeated the powerful sorcerer Shang Tsung, their victory would preserve the peace on Earth for one more generation. Taking place now where the first movie left off, the Earth realm warriors live a short period of peace when evil forces from another dimension come to invade and wreak havoc on Earth. They are guided by the forces of Outworld leader, Shao Kahn and his generals such as: Motaro, Rain, Ermac, Sheeva and Sindel. Now Liu Kang, Raiden, Jax, Sonya and Kitana must defeat Shao Kahn in six days before the Earth realm merges with the Outworld.

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Plot Keywords:

warrior | martial arts | mortal kombat | battle | loss of friend | 

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Taglines:

The world was created in six days, so too shall it be destroyed and on the seventh day mankind will rest... in peace

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for non-stop martial arts violence

Details

Official Sites:

New Line

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mortal Kombat 2

Filming Locations:

Ayuthaya, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£278,808 (UK) (13 February 1998)

Gross:

£278,808 (UK) (13 February 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Threshold Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A third Mortal Kombat film was going to be developed, called "Mortal Kombat: Devastation". Christopher Lambert, Linden Ashby, Adoni Maropis, Robin Shou, Chris Casamassa, Keith Cooke, and Lynn 'Red' Williams were hired to be in the cast as Lord Rayden, Johnny Cage, Quan Chi, Liu Kang, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Jax, respectively. Talisa Soto and Sandra Hess were in talks to reprise their respective roles of Princess Kitana and Lt. Sonya Blade. However, plans for a third film fell through and the film rights went to Warner Bros., which is planning a Mortal Kombat reboot.

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Goofs

When Raiden does his famous flying attack (from the original arcade game) you can clearly see his long hair pulled back in a pony tail. However, before and after doing the move, his long hair is down.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rayden: [narrating] Mortal Kombat is not about death, but rather the preservation of life. Liu Kang and a few chosen fighters from the Earth realm defeated Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung. According to the rules of Mortal Kombat, their victory preserved the safety of the Earth for one more generation. Our chosen ones were returned to Liu Kang's home on Earth, only to enjoy a brief period of peace... for someone from Outworld has a different point of view.

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Crazy Credits

Out of respect for the people of Thailand, this motion picture contains no depictions of harm to any sacred Thai structures or simulations thereof.

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Connections

References Mister Ed (1958)

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Soundtracks

"Higher"
Written by Bob Henning and Stefan Mueller
Performed by Alien Factory
Courtesy of "edel" Records GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
by arrangement with E.A.R. (Edel America Records)
from the album Mortal Kombat: More Kombat

User Reviews

Saw this movie when I was 12 thought it was bad then

When you see a movie like this you wonder who gave the o.k to make it. This movie came out when I was in Middle School me and 3 of my buddies went to see it. After the movie was over we thought that it was terrible it was sad because 12 year olds back then seemed to love mortal kombat we played all the games and loved the first movie after this one we quit playing the games and moved on in life. It only takes one bad movie to lose a large following. This movie should have never been made or at least have better writers better acting(Lu and Katina were good) the rest were half rate actors. Costumes were terrible also a movie with such a large budget could have had better things, Its better than TimeCop but thats not saying much