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A 1997 martial arts fantasy film based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. It follows Liu Kang and his allies as they try to stop Shao Kahn from invading Earthrealm and reuniting with his sister Sindel.
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation: Directed by John R. Leonetti. With Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar, Sandra Hess. A group of martial-arts warriors has only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion.
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- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- John R. Leonetti
- 1997-11-21
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The film starts off (supposedly) by continuing from the end of the first film. The evil emperor Shao Kahn illegally opens a portal from Outworld to the Earthrealm and has reclaimed his queen, Sindel, who is also Kitana's long-dead mother. With the portal open, Earthrealm is in danger of being absorbed into Outworld within seven days, a fate which L...
Robin Shou - Liu KangTalisa Soto - KitanaSandra Hess - Sonya BladeLynn "Red" Williams - Jax BriggsThe movie was much less well-received than its predecessor. Though it still possessed the visual spirit of the first movie, it greatly lacked the level of authenticity in both special effects and fight choreography. Additionally, Annihilation suffered from an overly large and homogeneous cast, employed to depict as many Mortal Kombatcharacters as p...
Nearly a decade later Mortal Kombat: Devastation, is currently in preproduction; however, MK:D has been mired in development hell for a number of years with numerous script rewrites and story changes, along with the destruction of Hurricane Katrina (near where part of the movie was planned to be filmed) further complicating things, no roles have be...
On August 7, 2015, it was reported that James Wan had signed-on to produce the reboot. On November 18, 2016, Variety reports that Simon McQuoid is in talks to direct the reboot with the script being an hard R rated film. The film is later title Mortal Kombatand released in April, 2021.
Apart from being generally regarded as a classic example of bad film making, this movie was partially responsible for causing the Mortal Kombat franchise to lose strength during the late '90s. Despite the success of Mortal Kombat 4 in both arcades and home console systems, interest in the series began declining due to inevitable overexposure, inclu...
In the middle of the movie, there is a scene where Shao Kahn kills Rain by knocking him into a pit of fire. Later in the film, Baraka dies by falling into the same pit, but footage of Rain's death...Two of the film's actors were regulars on American Gladiators: Lynn "Red" Williams (Jax), who was Sabre on AG, and Deron McBee(Motaro), who was Malibu. The two fought each other in the climactic fi...Tony Jaa was a stunt double for Robin Shou.Dana Hee was a stunt double for Talisa Soto, Irina Pantaeva, Musetta Vander and Marjean Holden.Nicola Berwick was a stunt double for Sandra Hess.Ray Park was a stunt double for James Remar.Official MK Site(Threshold Entertainment)Mortal Kombat: Annihilation at the Internet Movie DatabaseAnnihilation is a 1997 sequel to Mortal Kombat, based on the game Mortal Kombat Trilogy. It features a new cast, a portal to Outworld, and a fight for Earth's survival against Shao Kahn.
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Every generation, a portal opens up between the Outerworld and Earth. Emperor Shao-Kahn (Brian Thompson), ruler of the mythical Outerworld, pounces the moment the portal reopens and slips through...
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- John R. Leonetti
- PG-13
- Robin Shou
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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.
Overview. A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth.
