Mortal Kombat Annihilation

Play trailer

Mortal Kombat Annihilation

PG-13

1997

1h 35m

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

4%

Tomatometer

52 Reviews

24%

Popcornmeter

50,000+ Ratings

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 with his mighty warriors, intent on total domination and uniting the two worlds. However, he has only seven days to complete his task. In the meantime, opposition grows and warriors Sonya Blade (Sandra Hess), Jax (Lynn "Red" Williams), Kitana (Talisa Soto) and Liu Kang (Robin Shou) get ready for war.

Watch on Fandango

Stream Now

Critics Consensus

With its shallow characters, low budget special effects, and mindless fight scenes, Mortal Kombat Annihilation offers minimal plot development and manages to underachieve the low bar set by its predecessor.

Read Critics Reviews

Lawrence Van Gelder

New York Times

07/20/2021

Here's the lowdown on the latest chapter in Mortal Kombat: deadly dull.

Go to Full Review

Joe Holleman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

07/20/2021

1/4

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is not just a movie based on a video game, it is a sequel to a movie that was based on a video game. That pedigree should tell you all you need to know about the quality of this movie.

Go to Full Review

Michael Saunders

Boston Globe

07/20/2021

The filmmakers tried to get complicated -- and pay a price. The story lines are obviously designed to link the fight scenes, leading to moments of hilariously bad dialogue.

Go to Full Review

Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

05/16/2022

F

I barely managed to make it through Mortal Kombat Annihilation because the dialog is terrible, the story makes no sense and the kung fu action scenes are substandard.

Go to Full Review

Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

04/13/2022

1/5

A critical and commercial fatality, this fantasy action-adventure flopped so hard it sent its characters back to their original, video-game realm until a 2021 live-action reboot.

Go to Full Review

Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

01/02/2022

1/10

The climax devolves into a mess of pitiful CG animalities - video game finishing moves that definitely shouldn't have been translated into the realm of cinema.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Romas M

@Romas Jul 17

Greetings from Lithuania. "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" (1997) is a terrible movie. Acting is terrible, special effects were terrible, as well as directing. There are some interesting documentaries online that shows how this disaster was made - its a interesting stuff. Revisiting this movie in 2026 on a newly remastered 4K UHD by Arrow videos and I did enjoyed it more then when I saw it first time in 1997 - I knew what I was getting into and remaster of 4K itself is splendid - this movie looks amazing on 4K and sound is excellent as well. Those reasons alone, plus with involvement of some beer on evening did made me kinda like this movie on some level - it is fun nonsense. What it does right is that it throws all off the MK characters on screen and makes them show all their special tricks. Overall, fun can be had while watching it with a correct mind set, but 4K UHD edition is highly recommended. Also some light alcohol is a must.

See more

diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 11

A unica coisa que lembro do filme é que dormi.

See more

Shaun O

@RT46175168 Jun 13

A childhood favorite!

See more

Kenzom T

@RT63558516 May 23

Effet vraiment rater franchement je m'attendait a mieux et histoire vraiment pas ouf

See more

DanTheMan 2

@DanTheMan2150AD May 17

Choose your Destiny!

See more

Charles C.

@Squirt_Reynolds May 15

Sindel givin' off heavy goth milf vibes in this one.

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

John R. Leonetti

Director

Robin Shou

Liu Kang

Talisa Soto

Princess Kitana

James Remar

Lord Rayden

Sandra Hess

Sonya Blade

Lynn "Red" Williams

Jax Briggs

Mortal Kombat

44%

58%

Mortal Kombat

Watchlist

Solo

8%

27%

Solo

Watchlist

GoldenEye

81%

83%

GoldenEye

Watchlist

Volcano

48%

32%

Volcano

Watchlist

Speed 2: Cruise Control

4%

16%

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

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 with his mighty warriors, intent on total domination and uniting the two worlds. However, he has only seven days to complete his task. In the meantime, opposition grows and warriors Sonya Blade (Sandra Hess), Jax (Lynn "Red" Williams), Kitana (Talisa Soto) and Liu Kang (Robin Shou) get ready for war.

Director: John R. Leonetti
Producer: Lawrence Kasanoff
Screenwriter: Ed Boon, Lawrence Kasanoff, Joshua Wexler, John Tobias, Brent V. Friedman, Bryce Zabel
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $35.9M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)