Mutant Chronicles (2008)

• Year: 2008
• Released: 10 Oct 2008
• Country: United Kingdom, United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490181/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mutant_chronicles
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mutant-chronicles
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
• Runtime: 111 min
• Writer: Philip Eisner
• Director: Simon Hunter
• Cast: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki
• Keywords: soldier, mutant, faith,

	5.2/10
	18% – Critics
	24% – Audience

Mutant Chronicles Storyline

At the end of the Ice Age, The Machine came from outer space to change men into mutants. However, a hero defeated the device and a great seal was laid over The Machine. In 2707, the depleted world is ruled by four Corporations: Mishima, Bauhaus, Capitol, and Imperial that are in a constant state of war. During a battle between Capitol and Bauhaus, the great seal is broken and The Machine works again transforming soldiers and civilians into hordes of mutants. A small part of the population escapes to Mars, leaving millions of people behind. The man of faith and leader of an ancient brotherhood, Brother Samuel, is a believer in God and the Chronicles, a Bible about the mutants from ancient times. With the city besieged by the mutants, he visits the Corporations’ leader Constantine, asking for an aircraft and twenty men for a suicide mission to destroy The Machine, planting a bomb and a detonator following the knowledge of the Chronicles. He recruits the tough Major ‘Mitch’ Hunter; the Bauhaus Lieutenant Maximillian von Steiner; the keeper of the Chronicles Severian that is under a vow of silence; the gorgeous and lethal Corporal Valerie Duval; Corporal Juba Kim Wu; Captain John McGuire; and Corporal Jesus ‘El Jesus’ de Barrera. Together they become the last hope of Earth against the evil mutants.

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Mutant Chronicles Movie Reviews

Visually impressive, if derivative, futuristic thriller

It’s hard not to notice the parallels between “The Mutant Chronicles” and “Aliens”: a team of soldiers, plus a few outsiders with deeper knowledge of the subject, are sent on a suicide mission (not to outer space but) deep beneath the surface of the earth to destroy (not bloodthirsty alien monsters and their source but) bloodthirsty zombie mutants and their source. The film is not quite as good as “Aliens”, but it’s still a serviceable B-movie. Visually it succeeds in creating its own, richly detailed and impressively designed, world: that includes the mutants themselves, who have one of their arms extended to a huge claw that can cut human flesh to pieces. The action itself, however, is a bit too chaotically edited: sometimes things happen and you don’t have enough time to see how they happened, or a battle takes place and you’re not absolutely sure who is hitting whom. This seems to be a recent trend in action movies (the latest Bond film “Quantum Of Solace” really suffers from it), and I hope they reverse it soon. The cast is good, though the characters are definitely not as memorable as those of “Aliens”. Ron Perlman’s best moments come near the end, while Devon Aoki and Anna Walton are unconventionally attractive and fully combative female leads. (**1/2)

Starts out really bad…but stick with it

I had very mixed feelings about MUTANT CHRONICLES, the delayed follow-up to British director Simon Hunter’s slasher debut, LIGHTHOUSE. Part of me hated it and part of me loved it, all at the same time. How could that be? Well, the problem with the film is that it’s absolutely loaded with shoddy CGI, which I typically hate. The whole film is made on a green screen, like 300, except the effects just aren’t very good in MUTANT CHRONICLES. It looks cheap, and fake, and the rubbish-looking CGI blood doesn’t help either.

The story begins all over the place, with a cheap-looking war scene and some sonorous voice-over explaining that the future world is a war-torn place. It’s all rather uninteresting, until you realise that this is a straightforward men-on-a-mission monster flick, dressed up as something else. Once the mission begins properly I found myself enjoying it, right up until the predictable but nonetheless entertaining climax.

The cast is pretty interesting, too. Thomas Jane is a no-brainer, having previously proved himself a dependable action star in THE PUNISHER, but it’s a delight to see Ron Perlman without make-up and as a good guy for a change; he’s the best thing in it. In support are two femme fatales: Devon Aoki, virtually reprising her role from SIN CITY, and the lovely Anna Walton (who also teamed up with Perlman in HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY). Sean Pertwee bags the usual Sean Pertwee role. MUTANT CHRONICLES certainly isn’t great, but the second half is a darn sight better than the first and I did find myself enjoying it despite my initial reservations.

Stylish Adventure

At the end of the Ice Age, The Machine came from the outer space with the purpose to change men into mutants. However, a hero defeated the device and a great seal was laid over The Machine. In 2707, the depleted world is ruled by four Corporations: Mishima, Bauhaus, Capitol and Imperial that are in constant war. During a battle between Capitol and Bauhaus, the great seal is broken and The Machine works again transforming soldiers and civilians in hordes of mutants. A small part of the population escapes to Mars, leaving millions of people behind. The man of faith and leader of an ancient brotherhood Brother Samuel (Ron Perlman) is a believer of God and the Chronicles, a bible about the mutants. With the city under siege of the mutants, he visits the Corporations’ leader Constantine (John Malkovich) asking for an aircraft and twenty men for a suicide mission to destroy The Machine, planting a bomb and a detonator following the knowledge of the Chronicles. He recruits the tough Major ‘Mitch’ Hunter (Thomas Jane); the Bauhaus Lieutenant Maximillian von Steiner (Benno Fürmann); the keeper of the Chronicles Severian (Anna Walton) that is under a vow of silence; the gorgeous and lethal Corporal Valerie Duval (Devon Aoki); Corporal Juba Kim Wu (Tom Wu); Captain John McGuire (Steve Toussaint); and Corporal Jesus ‘El Jesus’ de Barrera (Luis Echegaray). Together they become the last hope of Earth against the evil mutants.

“The Mutant Chronicles” is a stylish adventure with a dark cinematography that recalls “Dark City” and “Metropolis” and interesting concepts of war in the trenches (like in World War I) and riveted flying machines (burning coal, like the ships in the beginning of the Twentieth Century). In the end, “The Mutant Chronicles” is neither a masterpiece nor a bad movie as indicated in many reviews; just an entertaining and stylish movie, with reasonable story and acting and great cinematography and especial effects. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): “A Era da Escuridão – Mutant Chronicles” (“The Age of Darkness – Mutant Chronicles”)