![]() Tellingly, it’s been alleged in recent times that New Line Cinema more-or-less released a work-in-progress cut of the film to audiences, which would at least explain the embarrassing, shit-the-bed visual effects car crash during its climactic CGI monster fight between dragon-form Liu Kang (Robin Shou) and hydra-form Shao Kahn (Brian Thompson). Leonetti, who has since directed the risible likes of The Butterfly Effect 2, Annabelle, and Wish Upon.ĭespite being budgeted at a princely $30 million – almost double the original’s $18 million – Annihilation feels less-than in every conceivable way, its cheap-looking costumes and bargain basement CGI suggesting a film which cut most every possible corner. It’s all downhill from there for this 1997 sequel, which served as the directorial debut for the first film’s cinematographer, John R. ![]() ![]() Anderson’s predecessor you should probably just watch instead. Tellingly, the best part of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is an opening titles sequence more-or-less lifted from the first film, followed by a “previously on Mortal Kombat” montage comprised of clips from Paul W.S. While few would call any one of the four films great in any traditional filmmaking sense, there is something to be said that only a single one of them is an actual, active insult to the series (and we all know which one that is).īut having revisited the three prior films in anticipation of the new movie, how do they stack up? Does the 2021 film race to the front of the pack, or is it unable to match the charms of what came before? Let’s dig in. The latest attempt to translate a hit video game to the cinematic medium is the long-gestating Mortal Kombat – a table-clearing reboot following two live-action predecessors released in 19, and a standalone animated film from last year. If the so-called “video game movie curse” has yet to be broken in earnest with a truly great movie adaptation, recent years have at least seen Hollywood making a more concerted effort to show these IP the respect they deserve. Shaun Munro reviews every Mortal Kombat movie from worst to best…
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