Combine some of the most misguided design decisions in years with dialogue, plot, and characters out of an Uwe Boll film and you have a definite misfire
Mutant Chronicles (2009)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:5
Rotten:25
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Bad acting, poor CGI and clunky script mean this sci-fi thriller is lacking in all departments including the thrills.
Rated: 18 [See Full Rating] for strong bloody violence and language throughout.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:10-10-2008
Synopsis:
In the year 2707, war rages between earth’s four giant corporations as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. In an era marked by warfare and social regression, the earth is on the...
In the year 2707, war rages between earth’s four giant corporations as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. In an era marked by warfare and social regression, the earth is on the verge of ruin, destruction is everywhere; battles explode on every ravaged continent. Amidst heavy combat, an errant shell shatters an ancient buried seal releasing a horrific mutant army from its eternal prison deep within the earth. As the mutant scourge threatens human extinction, a single squad of soldiers descends into the earth to fulfill the ages-old prophesy of the Mutant Chronicles and save mankind.
Mutant Chronicles, directed by Simon Hunter and written by Philip Eisner, is an epic sci-fi/action thriller like no other. The film’s extraordinary ensemble cast includes Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee, Benno Fürmann, Anna Walton, Tom Wu, Steve Toussaint, Luis Echegaray, and John Malkovich. --© Magnolia Pictures
Starring: Ron Perlman, Thomas Jane, Devon Aoki, John Malkovich
Starring: Ron Perlman, Thomas Jane, Devon Aoki, John Malkovich, Anna Walton
Director: Simon Hunter
Director: Simon Hunter
Screenwriter: Philip Eisner
Studio: Magnet Pictures
Reviews for Mutant Chronicles
You won't understand what's going on and, even worse, you won't care.
I dearly hope John Malkovich got paid handsomely for his two days of embarrassment on-set.
Every guy has watched an action film and wondered when we'd get to the good stuff, but from minute one we're given "the good stuff," but it's just not executed well enough, and the film is too kitschy to really be enjoyed.
The feature is better executed in a shoot-first-ask-questions-later style that encourages silence and brutality. Once the material is asked to explain itself, the entertainment value of the film curdles immediately.
Oh, lighten up! It's a pulpy combo of Starship Troopers, The Dirty Dozen and Sky Captain. Perfect for a rainy Saturday afternoon.
...suffers from a pervadingly low-rent sensibility that proves impossible to overlook.
oloklirotiki adynamia ton synteleston eite na kratisoyn to pantrema sto paradosiaka apodekto, eite na to perasoyn sto prohorimeno aisthitika, os stilistika proothimeno, geionontas se akribos sto kentro enos paradoksoy yparksiakoy uncanny valley
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