FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Minahzur Rahman I thought it was a great idea to have a sequel, but the movie was disappointing. What I was most disappointed about was the plot - it was bad! There was so much potential with the Mortal Kombat sequel, but it just wasn't utilized well. I think this movie was kind of rushed, and should've been released a year later or something. Maybe, the movie would've been a lot better than it already was. Maybe, the budget wasn't large enough to make it into a decent movie - who knows? With proper planning, even a third Mortal Kombat movie would've been a success. Unfortunately, a trilogy wasn't to be, but there were ingredients for it had the sequel went well. I don't know who was behind this movie, but it seems to me they had no idea what Mortal Kombat was all about, and if that was the case, then I don't know how more idiotic one can possibly become. Before making such movies, you should always have people who know what they're doing. You should've people who know everything about Mortal Kombat because the fans do. Yes, the Mortal Kombat fans could produced a far better plot for this movie, and directed it well. Fortunately, I saw this when I was very young, and didn't pay much attention, and just enjoyed it because it was Mortal Kombat. I'm a big fan of the video game franchise, so it's inevitable I would go and see this. It's when you see it again, afterwards, where you start to notice how mediocre it actually was.I like the title of this sequel. I think it was a fine idea to call it as "Annihilation". This movie could've been far better than it already was. It failed to live up to its name.

bkoganbing Leaving off where the first Mortal Kombat ended the earth was to have a generation of peace since our martial arts heroes won the last tournament. But the rules are broken and dimension portals are opening. A warlord from another dimension says in 6 days all kinds of unearthly creatures will be laying waste to good old mother earth and its populace. Only Robin Shou is back from the original Mortal Kombat. Other players/martial artists are back in other roles, particularly James Remar plays the wizard that gathered them together for the first film.Not being an aficionado of either martial arts or video games I am missing a lot in reviewing this. But for me it's more of the same from the first Mortal Kombat film. If you like that stuff I'm sure you'll enjoy Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

messyink I hate to write bad about a movie but this one was bad.

Alex Esparza Mortal Kombat: Annihilation could have easily made the franchise into a successful trilogy of movies, but as the tagline implies, this movie destroyed all expectations.Everything that worked in the first movie is absent here. The majority of returning characters are portrayed by new actors (with the exceptions of Robin Shou as Liu Kang, and Talisa Soto as Kitana). It also doesn't help that the acting this time around is terrible as everyone's performances range from stale (James Remar as Rayden) to over the top (Brian Thompson as Shao Kahn).The script is riddled with plot holes, and comes off as nonsensical. The movie also follows a simple pattern; fighting, running, talking, and it goes on throughout the entire run time of the movie.There is a lack of character development as the movie attempts to cram in as many characters from the more popular games in the Mortal Kombat franchise (mainly Mortal Kombat II and MK3), and the majority of them have limited screen-time as they either get killed off, or disappear after their 1 scene.Of course, we have to take a look at the action, but the fight scenes are pretty lackluster this time around. We had some impressive stuff choreography-wise in the first movie, but all of the fight scenes here feel rushed.There's an overabundance of special effects in the movie, and yet, every single one of them look terrible, even for 1997. Supposedly, this movie had a bigger budget than the first movie, and yet, it looks nowhere near as impressive. Production and cinematography- wise, the whole movie looks and feels like a cheap straight-to-video sequel rushed out to capitalize on the success of the first movie.Mortal Kombat: Annihilation suffers the same problems as the majority of the other movies based on video games, it didn't feel like they tried to make a proper movie based on the game, but instead a product that tries shoehorning references to said game in a way that feels gimmicky, but as far as the genre goes, this stands as the worst film of the genre for being a colossal disappointment following its entertaining and well made predecessor, and a prime example of shoddy filmmaking (so much that it almost rivals anything directed by Uwe Boll). Do yourself a favor, stick to the first movie and the video games, avoid this stinker.