MUTANT CHRONICLES (2008)

"The 23rd Century. The Darkest Age Has Come."

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 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 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.

Fact : Like Dolph Lundgren in the earlier “The Punisher” (1989) movie, half Irish, a quarter Italian and a quarter German, Thomas Jane dyed his hair jet black to match the original comic book character. In a 2005 interview, he claimed that “The Punisher” (2004) was both the most fun and the most physically exhausting movie he has done. He starred in two movies based on Stephen King’s novels: “Dreamcatcher” (2003) and “The Mist” (2007). Thomas Jane was Zack Snyder’s first choice for Edward Blake/The Comedian in “Watchmen” (2009), but he had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts.

Note : Japanese, German, and English ancestry, Devon Aoki won the role of a street racer in “2 Fast 2 Furious” (2003) but, as it turned out, she didn’t know how to drive.

Star(s) to watch : Thomas Jane (”Face/Off”, “Deep Blue Sea”, “The Punisher”, “Original Sin”) as Major Mitch Hunter, Ron Perlman (”Blade II”, “Hellboy”, “Alien Resurrection”) as Brother Samuel, John Malkovich (”Con Air”, “The Man in the Iron Mask”, “Eragon”) as Constantine, & Devon Aoki (”Sin City”, “DOA: Dead or Alive”, “2 Fast 2 Furious”, “War”) as Cpl. Valerie Duval.

Director(s) : Simon Hunter.
Producer(s) : Stephen Belafonte, Tim Dennison, Peter La Terriere, Edward R. Pressman, & Pras.
Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adaptation.
Release date : April 24, 2009
Official website : http://www.MutantChroniclesTheMovie.com/