Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Short description
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is an action fantasy film centered on the conflict between Earth and the Outworld. The emperor Shao Kahn seeks to take control of and destroy the human world within a short period. To prevent this annihilation, a group of warriors led by Liu Kang and the god Raiden must face various challenges and fight Shao Kahn's army, which includes ninja-like robots, a four-armed woman named Sheeva, and the beast-like Motaro.
Directed by John R. Leonetti, this was the first film in his directing career. The movie features a cast including Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar, Brian Thompson, Sandra Hess, and Lynn Red Williams. Produced by New Line Cinema and Threshold Entertainment, the project had a budget of 30 million USD and earned 51 million USD at the worldwide box office.
The film received poor reception from both viewers and critics. It holds a rating of 3.6/10 on IMDb from 61,000 votes and 4.6/10 on TMDB from 1,404 votes. These audience scores are slightly higher than the rating from film critics, which stands at 2.5/10 based on 52 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Despite the film featuring many characters from the game, some of their names (Milena, Noob Saibot) are not mentioned in the movie.
- This film marked Ray Park's debut in his acting career, where he worked as a stunt double for Raiden.
- Dana Hee, who played Mileena, served as a stunt double for Kitana during the filming of the first Mortal Kombat movie.
- John Medlen, the film's stunt coordinator, played the role of the red ninja Ermac himself.
- Due to time and budget constraints, many of the actors and stunt performers played multiple roles in the film.
- The role of Baraka was offered to Sylvester Stallone. He refused.
- Jade was not a villain; on the contrary, in the game she was Kitana’s best friend and bodyguard. However, her actions involving the seduction of Liu Kang were copied from Tanya, who worked for Shinnok in Mortal Kombat 4. But since the film is based on the third game, Jade seduces Liu Kang instead of Tanya.
- Christopher Lambert, who played Raiden in the first film, wanted to reprise the role in the second, but was busy filming "Beowulf" (1999) at the time. Chris Kassem, who played Scorpion in the first part, was also offered to continue his character’s journey in the second installment, but he preferred to work on "Batman & Robin" (1997).
- The role of Jax was initially offered to Michael Jai White, but he turned it down in favor of the lead role in "Spawn" (1997).
- The film is based on the Mortal Kombat video game series (1992–present, Midway).
Auditions in India
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