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Product Description
In the year 2707, war rages between Earth s four giant Corporations as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. Amid heavy combat, an ancient buried seal shatters, releasing a horrific mutant army from its eternal prison deep within the Earth. As the mutant plague threatens human extinction, a single squad of soldiers descends into the Earth to save mankind.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2201 in DVD
- Brand: MAGNOLIA PICT HM ENT
- Released on: 2009-08-04
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: Spanish
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 111 minutes
Customer Reviews
Not bad, but nothing special either
Mutant Chronicles finally makes its way to DVD, and despite some
negative press surrounding it, the film as a whole isn't so bad at all.
Taking place in the distant future where Earth is run by four warring
corporations, a race of mutants is awakened and begins laying waste to
everything and everyone in sight. Spiritual elder Brother Samuel (Ron
"Hellboy" Perlman) thinks he knows how to lead humanity to salvation,
so he gathers a crew of soldiers for a suicide mission. Most notably
among them are Thomas Jane (The Mist, Hung) as rugged soldier Mitch
Hunter, and Sin City's Devon Aoki; and they all make their descent to
save the world. While Mutant Chronicles is capably directed and
features CGI effects that range from halfway decent to Sci-Fi Channel
(or is it ScyFy Channel now?) quality, the film's biggest flaw lies in
its pacing. The first half of the film is sadly boring, but it does
manage to pick itself up for the second half, and doesn't let go as the
film races towards its conclusion. Jane and Perlman are good, and
despite the dim lighting, there are some fairly decent action scenes to
be found here. All in all, Mutant Chronicles isn't anything special in
the least, but it is definitely worth a look for sci-fi/action fans at
the very least.
Solid B
This was a decent sci fi/horror movie. Though a lower budget fare,
it does boast a fair amount of talent in Perlman and Jane. Malkovich is
more of a cameo. The story first takes place in the WWI style trenches
of a war between 4 corporations who run the world in 2700. That is
until a battle opened up a hidden chamber in the ground and the long
imprisoned mutants escape and start taking over the world. The
corporations must then unite and are lead underground on a mission by a
holy man(Pearlman) to destroy the thing that is creating the mutants.
It is a little Lord of the Rings meets Starship Troopers. You have the
quest of motley adventurers and the never ending wave of mutants that
ratchet up the gore factor of the movie. The lower budget shows a bit
in the special effects as most of the blood and explosions look a bit
fake. The story is a bit simplistic but it is fun escapist fare. I did
like the dark tone of the ending.
Quite the melange!
Steampunk, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic graphic novel, and computer role-playing-game dungeon crawl, all rolled into one.
I can't say I've ever seen that combination before.
Actually kind of enjoyable if you sit back and don't bother
analyzing anything you're watching. Purely escapist fare. Extremely
simply story line; no complexity or surprises anywhere (one of the
reasons I didn't rate it higher).
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