Mortal Kombat : Annihilation is an 1997 martial arts action\/adventure movie that was produced by Lawrence Kasanoff and was directed by John R. Leonetti . It is based on the video game francise , Mortal Kombat and is the sequel to the 1995 movie , Mortal Kombat . Mortal Kombat : Annihilation is a 1997 martial arts action film that was the sequel to 1995 's Mortal Kombat , and was directed by John R. Leonetti , who had served as the cinematographer for the previous film .