Review of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

I'll be honest, I thought the 1995 movie was mediocre at best. It does have laughably bad editing, but at least there are moments that fans of the games can have a good time with. The sequel however was not the case at all. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is probably the most dumbest and pretentious movie based on a video game. It acts like it even wants to be an action martial arts movie, but fails at being that with little to no effort on the screenplay. The plot is completely effortless, the action is lifeless, the visuals look like the budget wasn't enough to be finished, CGI is cringe, the actors didn't seem enthusiastic about this, and the characters are very dumb. In fact, I'll spoil the movie just to give an example of how stupid these characters are. Sindell was supposed to be Kitana's mother, and the movie said the only way for the darkness to overturn was for Kitana's love for her mother. But it turns out that Sindell didn't even love her in the first place. It's as the movie doesn't know what to do to make this as a legit sequel to the 1995 film. Even if you're a fan of the games, stay away from this movie. You're much better off with the games and the 2021 movie, or even just stick with the 1995 film because at least you'll most likely have a good time than how the sequel had no point of continuing. Not only is this one of the worst movies based on a video game, but also an ultimate nail in the coffin to the first movie.