About this episode

The episode discusses the infamous sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and its various elements while also touching on other films.

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s June, so that means it’s time for our “Junesis” series! Where we cover movies based on/revolving around video games! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and first time guest Gordon Jones discuss the first ever video game movie sequel, 1997’s Mortal Kombat: Annihilation! Daddy issues! Cyber Ninjas! A hot goth baddie! Animalities! A lady with four arms kinda! Speedy sleeve removal! Goofy cybernetically-enhanced arms! Abundant flips! Evil eyebrows! Weird gyroscopic transport spheres! Surprise landmarks! Fun miniature FX! Cheesy designs and poorly executed CGI monsters! Excessive use of possibly one sandpit! Fun sets! Extra budget for campiness! An occasionally imposing villain! Awkward attempts to emulate gameplay! Shockingly few fatalities! An iconic soundtrack that does a lot of heavy lifting! Very noticeable recasting! Nearly-great fight scenes featuring stunt performances from future action movie legends Tony Jaa and The Furious director Kenji Tanigaki! All that and more in this infamous sequel that resulted in Paul W.S. Anderson…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, Tim

Guest: Gordon Jones

Topics covered

• video game movies
• film reviews
• Mortal Kombat
• sequel analysis
• campy cinema
• action choreography

Keywords

• Mortal Kombat
• Annihilation
• video game adaptation
• CGI monsters
• action scenes
• campiness
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, The Bride, Backrooms, Masters of the Universe

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