Mortal Kombat Video Game Series & Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Review

This weeks show we review all the Mortal Kombat video games and the Video Game adaption of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat Video Game Series:

Mortal Kombat II is a fighting game originally produced by Midway for the arcades in 1993. It was later ported to multiple home systems, including the MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, 32X, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and PlayStation only in Japan, mostly in licensed versions developed by Probe Entertainment and Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim Entertainment (currently distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment).

It is the second entry in the Mortal Kombat series and is the sequel to Mortal Kombat, improving the gameplay and expanding the mythos of the original Mortal Kombat, notably introducing more varied finishing moves (including several Fatalities per character and new finishers, such as Babality and Friendship) and several iconic characters, such as Kitana, Mileena, Kung Lao, Noob Saibot, and the series' recurring villain, Shao Kahn. The game's plot continues from the first game, featuring the next Mortal Kombat tournament set in the other dimensional realm of Outworld, with the Outworld and Earthrealm representatives fighting each other on their way to challenge the evil emperor Shao Kahn.

The game was an unprecedented commercial success and was acclaimed by most critics, receiving many annual awards and having been featured in various top lists in the years and decades to come, and also caused a major video game controversy due to the series' continuous depiction of graphic violence. Its legacy includes spawning a spin-off game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and having the greatest influence on the 2011 soft reboot game Mortal Kombat, as well as inspiring numerous video game clones. Non-canonical additions to the series, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and Injustice: Gods Among Us also took place during Mortal Kombat II.

• Mortal Kombat 1992
• Mortal Kombat II 1993
• Mortal Kombat 3 1995
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1995
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy 1996
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero 1997
• Mortal Kombat 4 1997
• Mortal Kombat Gold 1999
• Mortal Kombat: Special Forces 2000
• Mortal Kombat Advance 2001
• Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance 2002
• Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition 2003
• Mortal Kombat: Deception 2004
• Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks 2005
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon 2006
• Mortal Kombat: Unchained 2006
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 2007
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2008
• Mortal Kombat 2011
• Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection 2011
• Mortal Kombat X 2015
• Mortal Kombat 11

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts fantasy film directed by John R. Leonetti in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Brent V. Friedman and Bryce Zabel. Based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, it is the second installment in the Mortal Kombat film series and a sequel to the original 1995 film, which Leonetti served as the cinematographer of. Largely an adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), Annihilation follows Liu Kang and his allies as they attempt to stop the malevolent Shao Kahn from conquering Earthrealm. It stars Robin Shou as Liu, Talisa Soto as Kitana, James Remar as Rayden, Sandra Hess as Sonya Blade, Lynn Red Williams as Jax, and Brian Thompson as Kahn. Only Shou and Soto reprise their roles, with the rest of the characters recast from the previous film.

Released to theaters on November 11, 1997, Annihilation received largely negative reviews for its story, characters, and special effects. It was a commercial failure, grossing $51 million against a $30 million budget. Due to the film's poor critical and commercial response, a direct sequel was cancelled. A third Mortal Kombat film languished in development hell for nearly two decades until the series was rebooted by a 2021 installment.

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