Review of Mutant Chronicles (2008) by Céline L — 12 Jan 2010

The opening battle for the film got me very excited, the idea that the soldiers were basically wearing world war uniforms in the future gave the idea this war had gone on so long they were running low on supplies and in fact going in a backwards direction as far as technology was concerned.

The greatest set back in the film is noticed within the first fifteen minutes. Sean Pertwee who is in my opinion the greatest actor this film has dies or so you think until he makes a five minute appearance later in the film. Ron Perlman is then the only relatively great actor left in the film and he seems to find it rather difficult to battle with the script which is rather poor.

I did however like the chrome effect it was filmed in that looked reminiscent of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and looks very good. To be honest though I just think the chrome effect is a technique used to blend poor graphics into the film better as chrome is a darker shade of film and you can?t quite make out the scenery.

Aside from all the negative points I liked the idea of this film and some of the places they travel to through their journey looked very spectacular. Seeing Ron Perlman as a mutant at the end was also a small twist as he banged on about how god would save him throughout the film.