The Mutant Chronicles (2008)

Director:

Simon Hunter

Writer (WGA):

Philip Eisner (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The darkest age is yet to come. Have faith.

Plot:

23rd century soldier Major Mitch Hunter (Jane) leads a fight against an army of underworld NecroMutants. |

Plot Keywords:

Fall Down Shaft | Gash In The Face | Stabbed In The Arm | Stabbed In The Face | Bomb

Cast

Christopher Adamson	...	Hodge
David Allcock	...	Capitol Soldier
Devon Aoki	...	Valerie Duval
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	...	Science Monk
Georgina Bryce	...	Dorothy
Jacqui Chan	...	Mishima
Tim Daniel Clark	...	Principle Mutant
Tim Clark	...	Lead Mutant
Dez Drummond	...	Padre
Christopher Dunne	...	Medic
Luis Echegaray	...	El Jesus
Allan Arthur Fielding
Jack Finney	...	Peter
Christopher Fosh	...	Capital Soldier / Gunner
Benno Fürmann	...	Steiner
Nicholas Gecks	...	Capitol
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	NecroMutant
Mark Holloway	...	Skinny
Thomas Jane	...	Major Mitch Hunter
Scott Joseph	...	Corporate Guard
Farhan Khan	...	Lead Mutant
Shauna Macdonald	...	Adelaide
Andrew Mackay	...	Science Monk's Assistant
John Malkovich	...	Constantine
Neji Nejah	...	Imperial
Andrew Nixon	...	Lead Mutant
Ron Perlman	...	Brother Samuel
Sean Pertwee	...	Nathan
Pras	...	Captain Michaels
Raf Richard	...	Lead Mutant
Serge Soric	...	Bauhaus
Steve Toussaint	...	Maguire
Curtis Walker	...	Bigboy
Anna Walton	...	Severian
Tom Wu	...	Juba

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Australia:MA (2008) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Edward R. Pressman Film

Trivia:

The Mutant Chronicles universe was first a Pen and Paper role-playing game published by Swedish game studio Target Games. There were also several boardgames, a set of tabletop wargaming rules (with associated lines of miniatures), as well as comic books.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Brother Samuel says Valerie has "61 kills", but her bio (from which he is reading) says "XLI" or 41 kills. Of course, the other bio from Mishima Corporation also contains a spelling mistake, so perhaps the errors are included on purpose.

A rather fantastic little gem of a film.

Got to say, I'd never heard of this film and was quite surprised to hear of its impressive casting. Nonetheless, I've just finished a few hours of quality viewing. From the action sequences to the overall rather odd future the film is based in, it definitely feels different to your standard sci-fi flick. But don't let that put you off, it's damn good, surprisingly so in fact.

The film's based around the premise of an alien machine landing on Earth several hundred years before. The machine corrupts humans and turns them into mutants, essentially slave drones to go out into the world and capture more humans to repeat the process. Without wanting to spoil anything, the film focuses on a bunch of various soldiers attempting to stop the menace...but that's only scratching the surface, as there's plenty more to it than that.

The action is quick, furious and bloody, the soundtrack suitably dark and the various actors go to their roles with enthusiasm. Overall, I'd have to say it's a pretty impressive flick and I'd recommend you watch it.