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Ron Perlman is Brother Samuel, the head of a secret order whose reason for being is to provide information about the infernal machine, which has apparently been oppressing humans on and off for generations. With his ancient book, the Chronicles, he and his motley crew of commando types set off to save the world. More or less, you can guess how the rest of the story unfolds. In movies like this, players—or characters—are killed one by one, until there’s only one person left standing to get the job done!
Visuals
The movie’s visuals are a murkier, low-budget version of “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.” The mutants are scary enough in the beginning, but they quickly become just another zombie type. The pace gets bogged down every 10 minutes or so, and there are moments when you’ll have to seriously concentrate or you’ll zone out. What all those famous and semifamous actors are doing here is anyone’s guess. Someone should’ve told John Malkovich to stay away from fantasy flicks.
“Mutant Chronicles,” the game, is what’s known as a pen-and-paper or table-top RPG. It was published in 1993 by Target Games AB (now Paradox Entertainment) and has since generated a number of spinoffs, including computer video-game versions and comic books. The movie is its latest incarnation.
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