GIVE MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION IT'S OWN AWFULLY GOOD!!!
A friend of mine and I were talking action stars. He told me his favorite was the one and only Jean-Claude Van Damme. I told him mine was Chuck Norris (what?). He brought how HARD TARGET was always his favorite Van Damme movie. But then he says, "I'm sure if I watched it nowadays I'd be like, 'This is fuckin' stupid.'"
I couldn't agree with such a statement more than just now, when I got done watching MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION on the FX channel (anybody else exctied for "Justified"?). When I was a kid, I absolutely adored Mortal Kombat. So seeing the movies was a real big thing for me. I thought they were both among the greatest flicks ever made...but then I grew up and realized how downright ridiculous ANNIHILATION truly is.
I know, I know, you can make the argument that the first one was the same, but hey, tell me that you weren't entertained and had a fun time with it. I mean, sure it was kinda cheesy but it still had the look and feel of a solid action flick.
ANNIHILATION just looks and feels like a bad soap opera ("Because Shao Kahn is my brother") mixed with a Disney Channel original movie. It's got horrible dialouge, horrible acting and just plain awful fight scenes.
So that's why I think MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION deserves it's own glorious spot in the Awfully Good section. Hell, you could even put it in it's own category of How to not make a video game adaptation. I get the feeling Uwe Boll thought it was brilliant though. It's got hilarious one-liners, CGI that cost about a nickel to do, and lots of cheese.
I love James Remar by the way seeing as how THE WARRIORS is an all time favorite of mine and my Mom dug him on "Sex & The City" as one of Samantha's boyfriends, but he's got nothing on Christopher Lambert. I get the feeling Lambert backed out of this flick since he didn't have any luck with another sequel that shall remain nameless.
Give MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION it's own Awfully Good. It's Awfully Worthy
Chillin'
