Incorrect sex, is the correct lack of sex. The correct lack of sex is the incorrect presence of no sex.An incorrect presence is a correct absence. A correct absence is not absence - a correct absence is a corrupt absence.A corrupt absence is the absence of corruption. No sex is the absence of corruption.Sex is the presence of corruption.The presence of corruption is the reality of corruption.Corruption is shortcoming. Reality is evolution.Sex is the evolution of shortcoming.Evolution is change. Shortcoming is failure.Sex is the change of failure.The change of failure is the sameness of perfection.Sex is the survival of perfection.The survival of perfection is the death of imperfection.Sex is the death of imperfection.Imperfection is evolution.Sex is the death of evolution.The death of evolution is the death of progress.Sex is the death of progress.The death of progress is the inability of progress.Sex is the impossibility of progress.The impossibility of progress is the impossibility of possibility.Sex is the impossibility of possibility.Possibility is reality.Sex is the impossibility of reality.The 1997 fantasy sequel, Mortal Kombat Annihilation, is about the very pertinent, very intellectual and very unassuming theme that reality wants to fight sexual intercourse. Sexual intercourse undermines reality, and reality has had enough of being undermined

Well, this was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my entire life watching this downright horrendous movie. It is without a doubt the worst movie for Video Game Month and the worst movie I have ever seen based on a video game. I'm just perplexed at how awful it is. I feel like I could write books about it, so I'll try to keep this rant short. This film begins by showing that most of the actors have been replaced. The last movie clearly sets up a sequel. How could the actors have not known there would be one? Johnny Cage dies in the first ten minutes. Are you seriously saying they couldn't get Johnny Cage's actor back to have him on screen for mere minutes? The special effects in this film are absolutely unwatchable and it's probably the worst CGI I have ever seen in my entire life. I'm going crazy watching the final scene where Shao Khan and Liu Kang turn into animals and it looks absolutely horrendous. We get appearances by nearly every single character in the "Mortal Kombat" franchise (up to this point at least). Remember how I said "Street Fighter" suffered from having too many characters? This is that even worse. None of them have purpose. They're just nobodies. We saw Scorpion die in the last movie. Here he comes back with no explanation. In the games, he was immortal, but why didn't they mention that here? Why isn't anyone surprised someone who died has returned with no explanation? Jaxx is probably the most obnoxious character as he spouts these corny one liners that make me miss Johnny Cage. Don't have him be another JC I worship! Raiden is killed in the final battle in one single hit. How weak is he? Where are all the other characters at the end of the movie? What happened to Sheeva? Was she just beaten offscreen because she disappears? The slow motion is nauseating and everybody looks so stupid jumping around. Why doesn't Shao Khan have his mask on? I didn't even know that was him when he first appeared without it.Why does Shao Khan's father turn into a cube? Why doesn't Shao Khan have that awesome voice from the games? How can an axe make someone hallucinate? What is going on in any of this idiotic movie? Why is Jaxx so stupid he takes off his armor in the last battle? The only and I mean the ONLY good thing was that they had some of the game's music, but even that wasn't used enough. I'm just shocked that anybody thought this was entertaining. The first movie wasn't good, but compared to this, it's "Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie". Half a star

Granted that the first movie was cheesy and campy, and of course what else would it be as it is a movie based on a game with no other contents than fighting! So when "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" followed two years after, expectations were not high."Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" was every bit as cheesy and campy as its predecessor, and director John R. Leonetti had done nothing really to improve on the first movie. In fact, "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" just continued on with the same pointless tirade of having characters from an arcade fighting game beat each other up in a soup of very weak storyline.The CGI effects in this 1997 sequel was every bit as horrible as it was in the 1995 movie. It was gut wrenching to witness those demons and the dragon duel on the screen, because the CGI animation was just atrocious, and the textures looked like they were borrowed directly from the PC game version of Mortal Kombat.As for the acting, well some people were doing good enough jobs here, despite the fact of having nothing to work with in terms of script and storyline. However, why they opted for Brian Thompson as the main villain was just simply beyond my comprehension.If you enjoyed the 1995 "Mortal Kombat" movie then you will also like the 1997 sequel "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation". However, unless you are a fan, then there is very little to get from this movie.

One thing all 90's kids can agree on is that 1995 brought us one of the most kick-butt movies of the decade with the release of the movie adaptation of "Mortal Kombat"- based of course on the popular arcade games of the same name.It was a huge hit, coming out at the perfect time to thrill audiences in a market that hadn't yet suffered martial arts and CGI overload. It boasted a fun storyline with mayhem and magic, had that amazing techno-song, was populated with likable actors and was filled to burst with tons of awesome moments. Who doesn't remember the hilarious intro to Johnny Cage, or the amazing puppetry on Goro, or the sweet Liu Kang VS Sub-Zero match?With the game series ever-growing and expanding the mythology and the first film being such a pleasant surprise, we just knew that the inevitable sequel was gonna be bigger and better! There's no way it couldn't!...right?Then reality slapped us in the face with 1997's "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation." A film that has gone on to join the ranks of "Batman & Robin" and "Speed 2" as one of the most infamous sequels of not only the 90's, but arguably of all time. A failure that squanders all potential and destroys virtually all left-over good-will from the first movie and instead replaces it with laughable writing, strangely over-the-top performances, bizarrely dated effects even at the time and mind- blowingly bad visual direction.Picking up immediately after the original ends, the evil emperor Shao Kahn opens a portal from Outworld and begins a process that will merge it with the Earth in six-days time, giving him total power. Now, our Earth-heroes Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Jax and Raiden must find a way to stop this devious scheme or else the Earth will be lost forever.That may sound like a solid enough foundation to build a movie off of, but trust me... it doesn't work. The film is beyond fractured and frankly every single scene just lumps on more plot-holes, unanswered questions and contrived pseudo-explanations in order to justify the proceedings... mainly so it can tenuously connect the constant onslaught of bad fight scenes that make up a majority of the screen time.Director John R. Leonetti seems in over his head with this film- his directorial debut, taking over for original director Paul WS Anderson. Leonetti and his army of screenwriters are never able to find any real sort-of balance with tone, pace or style. Scenes come and go are strange intervals, humor and drama never quite gel together, and sub-plots and characters are constantly jarringly introduced and dropped without consequence or reason. The visuals are also a marked step- down from the original, with many shots being poorly thought- out and unable to be cut together competently.There's also the issue of padding and choreography in many of the fights that lends to it all feeling very dull and forced. While the first film's action does have a slight air of feeling "fake" in retrospect, it can be forgiven as it was one of the first truly hit martial-arts-based films in the US. But this one just ramps up that problem, with so many unneeded flips and tricks that are thrown in to be "cool" and "the bomb", that it just feels tacky and false. By the time you see the thirtieth random backflip, you'll feel like doing some flipping yourself... flipping the channel to something else.The performances are among some of the hammiest I've seen in a major blockbuster. The only person who really emerges unscathed is the criminally underrated Robin Shou returning to his role of Liu Kang. He's great. Everyone else? A caricature. Lynn "Red" Williams as Jax is a giant goofball who throws around unfunny one-liners like its nobody's business. Reiner Schöne chews the scenery as Kahn's evil father. Brian Thompson constantly SHOUTS his lines at RANDOM in an attempt to sound THREATENING as our lead villain. But of course Musetta Vander steals the show with her legendarily bad take on Princess Kitana's mother Sindel, spouting some of the worst dialog ever written with the glee of a 12-year-old on a sugar-high. It's outlandish watching her twirl and cackle and wave her arms about in her scenes... What did she think she was even doing? Was she trying to channel Ace Ventura for her role?Add to that... -Lowered production values (Gag-worthy green-screens and clearly rubber "metal" on the costumes and sets galore!) -Shoddy costume design that looks like the actors are dressed in the Wal-Mart Halloween costumes based on the movie rather than in real movie costumes-Wildly dated effects that looked bad even in 1997 (We're talking "Tron" quality CGI at times... except this was made 15 years later)...and more and you have a recipe for disaster.That being said, I do have to make a somewhat startling admission......I kinda like this movie. Oh, it's bad. It's really bad. But it's so bad, that it springs right back up as one of those unintentional "so bad, it's kinda good" camp classics. There's no way to hear lines of dialog like those you hear in this film ("You're alive!" "...too bad YOU WILL DIE!") without howling with laughter. There's no way to see the incompetent fight sequences where people are flipping through the air like helium-filled balloons without chuckling and shaking your head. There's no way to see the awful, 80's quality digital creatures flying about without a big-old smirk coming across your face.So, if you like so-bad-they're-good flicks... This is one for the ages!I give "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" a 3 out of 10. It's an awful sequel that effectively killed a franchise. But with some friends and maybe some booze, you'll still have a grand time tearing it apart and laughing at its sheer ineptitude.