The Mutant Chronicles Looks To Be Filled With Awesome

 

The above trailer is an almost perfect example of what I look for in a good movie trailer.

 

• Monsters that need  killing . . . . . . Check.


• Spaceships . . . . . . Check.


• A post apocalyptic world . . . . . . Check


• John Malkovich . . . . . . Check


• People shooting things . . . . . . Check


• Things getting stabbed with swords . . . . . . Check


• A small band of heroes vs. an army of mutants . . . . . . Check


• Direct references to human history even though the film is set in the future . . . . . . Check

 

Ok, so I'm a simple guy, and I like simple things.  So sue me.  But god damn if the trailer for the upcoming film The Mutant Chronicles doesn't look frakking amazing. 

 

Set in the 23rd century, mankind is at war with evil mutants that seem hell bent on wiping us out.  It's up to a small group of soldiers to save the whole of humanity.  Now that's what I call a classic sci-fi plot.  The film has an interesting cast with people like the aforementioned Mr. Malkovich along with Ron Pearlman, Thomas Jane and the hot Asian chick who played deadly little Miho in Sin City (Devon Aoki).  Mix that up with an army in World War I outfits that are fighting the evil mutants with trench warfare and I'm sold. 

 

Oh, and if the film doesn't sound like it has enough geek cred for you, it's based on a tabletop pen & paper RPG game by the same name.  This thing makes the D&D film look like a low budget piece of crap.  Oh...wait...the D&D film was a low budget piece of crap.

 

Sigh.  What I wouldn't give for an R rated D&D film.

 

The Mutant Chronicles is set to come out on April 29th.