The video game adaptation (I can�t bring myself to call it a sequel) starts a whole 10 seconds after the end of Mortal Kombat. This shows why that film ended where it did, since Mortal Kombat Annihilation starts bad and becomes more and more horrible. Here now is a �short� list of offenses Mortal Kombat Annihilation has committed leading to it�s imprisonment in Chicken Hell:
1. A number of roles are recast with inferior actors�Johnny Cage, Sonya, Rayden. This is a serious problem when those characters were charismatic in Mortal Kombat, but are unbelievably stupid in Mortal Kombat Annihilation.
2. Since the film takes place 10 seconds after Mortal Kombat ends, no one, especially the viewer, cares when the new loser Johnny Cage is killed after his incredibly short fight against Shao Kahn.
3. In multiple scenes of the film, there are long, detailed, important fight sequences between major figures from the video games. After a five-minute fight, you�d think these fighters would be significant to the plot. The truth is they are so insignificant to the filmmakers, these characters are never seen again.
4. In the video games, the most powerful villain is Shao Kahn. So why is the main bad guy in this movie Shao Kahn�s dad? Why would any self respecting audience accept a hardly-seen guy with a long beard and a dark cloak as menacing?
5. If Rayden, a god, is on your team and you�re fighting a bunch of gods and otherworldly characters, why would it be a good idea to let him give up his godhood?
6. Since Rayden has the mental capacity of a god, why is he such a clueless idiot?
7. Why did they decide to make Rayden look like a reject from Fantasy Island?
8. After an hour and a half (also known as the entire movie) of build up, why is the animality sequence just some pointless light show that doesn�t really impact the outcome of the movie?
I think this gives a decent impression of how stupid this movie was and why it was the first movie I went to see that I wanted my money back. So, unless you�re dying to see what Ray Park did before he was Darth Maul in Star Wars (he was the fighting Rayden because the actor that played him was such a pansy) or you feel like torturing yourself for a while, avoid this movie like the plague.
