History Trivia / MortalKombatAnnihilation

* FakeAmerican: Sonya Blade is played by Swiss actress Sandra Hess.

** Marjean Holden (Sheeva) was not pleased with how her character was killed off in this movie [[http://www.totalmortalkombat.com/cast/interviews/index.php?action=interview&interview_id=2 and said as such in a 2001 interview]].

** Marjean Holden (Sheeva) was not pleased with how her character was killed off in this movie and [[http://www.totalmortalkombat.com/cast/interviews/index.php?action=interview&interview_id=2 and said as such in a 2001 interview]].

** As mentioned above, the decision to unceremoniously kill off Johnny Gage made Creator/LindenAshby (for completely understandable reasons) pass on reprising the role, though he did lend his voice and likeness to the DLC of the 11th video game.

* UnderageCasting: While Sindel is supposed to be Kitana's mother, Creator/MusettaVander is [[PlayingGertrude only four years older]] than Creator/TalisaSoto, and looks to be about the same age as her onscreen. However, Edenians are all [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty youthful-looking immortals]] in the games, so it's a bit justified.

* FanNickname: Get into any discussion of Mileena online and see how long it takes someone to refer to her as "You Wish".

** Done with several of the main characters. The only actors from [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the first film]] to return for the second were Robin Shou (Liu Kang) and Creator/TalisaSoto (Kitana).

** The shooting script had a fight between Sheeva and the mortal Raiden. This fight was used in the novelization, however.

* DuelingMovies: With another dark fantasy film from New Line, ''Film/{{Spawn}}''.

* DawsonCasting: Inverted; while Sindel is supposed to be Kitana's mother, Musetta Vander is only four years older than Creator/TalisaSoto, and looks to be about the same age as her onscreen. However, Edenians are all [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty youthful-looking immortals]] in the games, so it's a bit justified.

** ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' creators [[http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/09/ed-boons-12-best-mortal-kombat-memories/#gallery Ed Boon]] and [[https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/nov/07/john-tobias-if-i-could-go-back-and-redo-kabal-and-stryker-i-would-i-dont-know-if-id-design-them-differently-or-just-come-new-character/ John Tobias]] were not fond of this movie, and denounced it as the worst part of the franchise.

* CastingGag: Two former cast members of ''Series/AmericanGladiators'', Deron McBee (Malibu) and Lynn "Red" Williams (Sabre), were cast as Motaro and Jax, respectively. Of course, they were eventually pitted against one another.

** While Christopher Lambert speaks highly of his role in the first film, he admitted to passing on the sequel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iUoHM3M-6o because he didn't like the script.]]

** Creator/ChristopherLambert decided against reprising his role as Raiden to appear in ''Film/{{Beowulf|1999}}'' instead.
** Creator/LindenAshby was asked to reprise his role as Johnny Cage, but declined because he was unceremoniously killed off five minutes into the movie.

** The late Thuy Trang herself auditioned for the role of Jade but was turned down.

* FranchiseKiller: There were plans for a third movie, but disappointing box office returns saw them sent on a one-way trip to the Netherrealm. Years later, there were serious talks of a new movie, that may or may not have been a true sequel, but production difficulties led to it being scrapped. It wouldn't be until 2019 that a reboot would be announced with James Wan as producer.

** Ed Boon, the co-creator of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', was not fond of this movie and denounced it as the worst part of the franchise.

** Done with several of the main characters. The only actors from [[Film/MortalKombat the first film]] to return for the second were Robin Shou (Liu Kang) and Creator/TalisaSoto (Kitana).
** Aside from the main cast, only one actor from the first film returned for the sequel, namely, stunt double Keith Cooke. Here, however, he plays Kuai Liang, a.k.a. the younger of the Sub-Zero brothers; in the first film, he was Reptile's humanoid ninja form.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:

** The shooting script had a fight between Sheeva and the mortal Raiden. This fight was used in the novelization however.

** Creator/LindenAshby was asked to reprise his role as Johnny Cage, but backed down because he was unceremoniously killed off five minutes into the movie.

* CastingGag: Two former cast members of ''AmericanGladiators'', Deron McBee (Malibu) and Lynn "Red" Williams (Sabre), were cast as Motaro and Jax, respectively. Of course, they were eventually pitted against one another.

** Linden Ashby was asked to reprise his role as Johnny Cage, but backed down because he was unceremoniously killed off five minutes into the movie.

* DawsonCasting: Inverted; while Sindel is supposed to be Kitana's mother, Musetta Vander is only four years older than Creator/TalisaSoto, and looks to be about the same age as her onscreen.

* CreatorBacklash: Ed Boon, the co-creator of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', was not fond of this movie and denounced it as the worst part of the franchise.

** Lawrence Kasanoff oversaw a lot of attempts to adapt Mortal Kombat into other mediums (live action television, animated series, etc), all of which failed. Combined with the release of the underwhelming VideoGame/MortalKombat4, the series was almost killed off entirely thanks to all these expanded ventures tanking at once.

** There was supposed to be a SequelHook with Quan Chi making an appearance.

** In an early script for the movie, Smoke was supposed to aid Mileena in the attempt to assassinate Sonya.

* FranchiseKiller: There were plans for a third movie, but disappointing box office returns saw them sent on a one-way trip to the Netherrealm. Years later, there were serious talks of a new movie, that may or may not have been a true sequel, but production difficulties led to it being scrapped.

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** In an early script for the movie, Smoke was supposed to aid Mileena in the attempt to assassinate Sonya.
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** In an early script for the movie, Smoke was supposed to aid Mileena in the attempt to assassinate Sonya.