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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Film · 1997ActionFantasyScience Fiction

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

8Based

AI Woke Score

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No detectable agenda — story first.

confidence: medium

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The Verdict

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a campy, effects-driven martial-arts fantasy with essentially zero identity messaging. Its diverse cast simply reflects the global fighting-tournament source material, and the film never stops to lecture. Whatever its (many) flaws, wokeness is not among them.

What the AI Flagged

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Identity Swaps

Video game adaptation with characters cast in line with their source designs.

Girlboss & Male Demotion

Sonya Blade and Jade are capable fighters, but the film does not diminish or mock its male heroes as a message.

  • Sonya and Jade fight alongside Liu Kang and the male warriors as equals

LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content

No LGBTQ+ themes or characters present.

DEI Casting

Diverse cast fits the international fighting-tournament premise naturally.

Preachiness

Pure action spectacle with no sermonizing or messaging.

Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West

No anti-masculinity or anti-West framing; it's a straightforward good-vs-evil fantasy battle.

Source Betrayal

Deviations from the game lore exist but stem from goofy creative choices, not identity agenda.

  • Liberal reshuffling of game characters and storylines for cinematic effect

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Discussion

Cast & Crew

Alison Savitch (Executive Producer) · John R. Leonetti (Director) · Brian Witten (Executive Producer) · Carla Fry (Executive Producer)

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