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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful :- Fabulously twisted sci-fi comedy, 10 January 2004 Author: Fles from Milton Keynes, England
Accion Mutante are a group of disabled terrorists who see themselves as mutants, and whose mission is to rid the world of pretty people and superficiality. They are fabulously inept at what they do, and totally mistrustful of each other. This film is a comic masterpiece, the direction is a cinematic treat, and the more times you watch it the better it gets. To give you an idea how impressed I was, I rented the film once and then went back to the rental shop and bought that copy from them. Basically, if you don't enjoy this film then it's probably not your kind of film.
12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful :- By no means a cheesy film!, 9 July 2001 Author: calmic from Marlborough, England
Do not be fooled into thinking that Accion Mutante is merely a darkly humorous schlock space-horror-action movie. It aggressively and successfully attacks 'decent' society, the media and the action movie genre itself in equal measures and still manages to be genuinely funny, shocking and surprising. Paul Verhoeven has been trying to make a film like this for years, but in my opinion has never got close.Mutante is pure Science Fiction (and I mean SF *not* Sci-Fi) - deadly anti-bourgeois social commentary wrapped in a delicious coating of blood, sugar and intergalactic terrorism.Nice one!
11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :- Hysterically demented sci-fi/horror/comedy, 4 September 2004 Author: KGB-Greece-Patras from Greece
While other reviewers suggest this started out well but later lost focus, to me it went vice versa. Starts out OK, trying to balance between hilarity and supposed social commentary and of course action and blood-sheding. It manages quite well (hey this is low budget!) but I don't think the director meant for serious satire or comment on high society and life style etc. others suggested. Anyway, at the final third part, when the spaceship reaches the planet, the film gets to its high point! I had a great time watching this film, it's funny (in a twisted way), there's blood and sickness. It's high time of entertainment. It reminded me of BRAINDEAD & BAD TASTE of Peter Jackson, as well as BODY MELT of Philip Brophy and maybe a bit Mad Max (by the way ALL Australian films). Just don't expect TOO MUCH. Fans of mainstream sci-fi cinema: STAY AWAY!
9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :- Hysterically funny, over-the-top mutant action movie., 4 April 2001 Author: Sandra Kasturi from Toronto, Canada
Like the title says, this movie is an action flick about, well, mutants. Mutants who are terrorists trying to blow up the "beautiful people" of the world. I suspect, having read other viewer comments, (after being appalled by spelling and grammar), that this film will appeal to a very small, select audience. Personally, I laughed so hard, my face actually hurt. Rarely have I seen a more entertaining, goofy, hilarious, science fiction/thriller, and complete romp of a film."Accion Mutante" is certainly over-the-top, and it plays fast and loose with plot development, but that's part of its charm. If you're looking for a "serious" action movie, or one with some kind of point (i.e. only handsome, muscle-ridden Americans with cool sunglasses can save the world), then this is not the movie for you. But if you have an outrageous, wacky sense of humour, and you enjoy gonzo SF movies with lots of ridiculous gore and totally unrealistic violence, that leave no holds barred, then take a look at "Accion Mutante"--you'll probably love it.For aficionados of films with the sensibility of "Freaked", "Eating Raoul", "Big Trouble in Little China", the pacing of "Aliens", and a similar amount of violence to "Fight Club". Not a subtle film, but definitely an entertaining one. And when was the last time you were actually entertained at the movies?
4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :- Flawed but still outstanding!, 1 September 2001 Author: INFOFREAKO from Perth, Australia
I'm a real admirer of Alex de la Iglesia's superb supernatural comedy thriller 'The Day Of The Beast', so I was really looking forward to watching 'Accion Mutante', his previous movie. It started off superbly as a exciting, violent and witty black comedy about a gang of (mostly deformed) mutant terrorists intent on destroying "the beautiful people" and their mediocre, hypocritical society. They kidnap the daughter of a bourgeois business and hold her for ransom. Fantastic! All was going great, the balance between satire, action and silliness was handled imaginatively, but half way through the movie changes direction, and becomes increasingly less interesting. The planet where Mutant Action land to make their exchange is populated by a family of grotesques similar to one's in Philip Brophy's equally bizarre 'Body Melt', or like some of the stranger characters seen in the comics of Garth Ennis. Unfortunately for me the movie loses focus at this point, all the earlier potential for surreal social criticism is abandoned, and it becomes a standard b-grade sci fi action flick with only a few good bits.It's a shame to me that the movie didn't continue in the approach of its first half, because I think if it did it would be a classic piece of science fiction. As it is, with all its flaws, it's still better than 90% of American SF movies made in the last 15 years, and recommended viewing. Please track down 'The Day Of The Beast' though, it's sensational!
2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :- Raw, dirty and ugly..., 21 March 2007 Author: zevivas from Portugal
Its was made with quite a limited budget when compared with the recent titles from the same director, still has the characteristic touch of the movies that came as an alternative to the 90s Spanish cinema. The actors are quite known on the Spanish panorama and they do a great job on an theme that was not usual at all on that time. Very critical and acid it has some zips of gore and violence which made it even more shocking, its a critic on the most superfluous and dull aspects of society. The general crappy look, gave the movie a special touch that fits the story and the characters in it. Not a lot of sci-Fi/action movies have such a critical perspective on the society, easy to follow although some difficulties may come out of the Spanish used on the film.
2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :- Viva Mutant Action!, 5 January 2007 Author: Rapeman from New Zealand
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This bizarre sci-fi / action / horror / comedy hybrid is set in a post-apocalyptic world where Accion Mutante (or Mutant Action) a group of terrorist mutants are trying to realize their goal of eradicating all the beautiful people in the universe by going around assassinating body builders, blowing up sperm banks, and massacring a TV aerobics class live on air. When their leader Ramon is released from prison they set up a plan to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy business man at her wedding, their plans go horribly wrong (the hunchback gets stabbed while hiding inside the wedding cake) and the wedding ends in a massacre, BUT they still eventually secure the girl, who's lips they staple shut, bundle her into their space ship and take her off to the planet where they'll be meeting her father with the ransom money. While in transit to the planet however, their scheming leader manages to off the other members of the gang by turning them on each other - except the Siamese twins, of which he only kills one, who is forced to drag his dead brothers body around with him for the rest of the film - so he can keep all the cash for himself. When the leader Ramon and his hostage (who has now developed Stockholm syndrome) land on the planet they meet the Crazy Miners who are all insane from constantly inhaling some kinda gas, who take them in and feed them but then turn on them an try to gang rape Patricia, the kidnapee because there are no women on this particular planet and they're fiendin' for some pussy. They eventually escape and make it to the pick up point for the ransom money, where more f uck-ups ensue, and it all ends in a big explosion where everyone dies.... except for Patricia the kidnapped bride and the single Siamese twin who was in love with her the whole time and they live happily ever after. The End.I really dug this early film from Álex de la Iglesia (of The Day of the Beast fame). Its a fun little black comedy with themes of social satire, quite a bit of the old ultra-violence, trashy sci-fi trappings and some cripples to keep you amused. 7/10
3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :- goofy, disgusting, and fun science fiction, 7 February 2006 Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY
This is my 2nd Alex de la Iglesias film, the other being Day of the Beast, and this is a highly underrated director. This is about a group of crippled and disfigured individuals who are part of a activist group that lashes out at the "beautiful people" of the world. Now they've decided to kidnap the daughter of a rich man, and infiltrate the wedding with hilarious results, like they won't stand out? There are Siamese twins, a hunchback dwarf, a man with the lowest IQ known, etc. The wedding scene is perhaps the most frenetic with old 60's pop tunes updated, Spanish style, like "Judy in Disguise With Glasses". Once the bride to be has been kidnapped the group takes off for outer space and the idea is to meet at some bar on some planet to exchange the hostage for a questionable sum of money, as in, the leader told his gang one amount but the TV said another, HIGHER amount, so after that treachery and greed set in and one by one, the group is being killed off. What does one do when their Siamese twin is killed because (as the killer says) he was plotting against you? Why, drag him around with you, of course. Good taste and political correctness is never an issue in this film, as they're never present, but that's most of the fun of the movie. The sort of bad news is, that this DVD is presented in 'wide screen', which in this case is merely a stripe on the TV screen, though, and things move so fast it's not easy to keep up with the subtitles and watch the action too. And this does bear watching, it's just too bad it wasn't given a better treatment for DVD. But the film itself is a twisted little gem, and if you enjoy black comedy mixed with science fiction you'll probably like it a lot. So why isn't "Day of the Beast" on DVD? 8 out of 10.
Dysfunctional Crazy Mutant Kidnappers. Great !!!!, 3 September 2008 Author: RoMa72 from Somewhere behind a dyke, Netherlands
This movie is crazy. In a good way. That is if you like crazy and understand Spanish. Having seen "El día de la Bestia" (which blew me away, great movie), in Spain during Spanish lessons, I turned my attention to other movies made by Alex de la Iglesia and the only DVD I could find back in the Netherlands was this one (or "Mutant Action", as it was called). I like odd, strange, out-of-the-ordinary movies. So this one really appealed to me: it was chaotic, weird, sometimes creepy, violent. Although it's not De la Iglesia's best movie, it's still pretty good. (I'm not gonna write what the story is about. Go see it for yourself.)
1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :- Mutants....more like Handicaps., 4 December 2007 Author: ElijahCSkuggs from Happy Land, who lives in a Gumdrop House on Lolly Pop Lane
After seeing El Dia De La Bestia I was very much hyped up about Accion Mutante. From the likable characters and intelligent writing to the quick pace the film held throughout. But unfortunately Accion Mutante didn't deliver for me in the slightest.Accion Mutante starts off like it may be a crazy team based action flick with characters all over the place. But instead they get rid of that idea for a simple kidnap and revenge type film. And honestly I think they made the wrong choice. I was enjoying all the different types of "mutants", even though they're really just handicapped people, which was also disappointing. But instead of keeping the Mutants, they get rid of them and your left with only a couple. And only one of the characters is even slightly likable. The main character known as Ramon is unlikable, unfunny and wasn't suited for the role very well. He's got the most screen time out of anyone in the film, and he bored the hell out of me. You do end up meeting more and more characters as the film goes on, but none are very entertaining. More like annoying. The film has a very dirty feel that I also didn't enjoy, it reminded me of a early Bruce Campbell film called Mindwarp. Though I do have to admit the sets were nice, the ship interior reminded me of another film called City of Lost Children. The only thing about Accion Mutante I liked was the violence. There was lots of shooting and a nice razor blade scene. But besides that it was average at best in almost all other departments.I'm actually very surprised that every comment on here is so into this film. One review even implied if you enjoy the movie Freaked, you'll enjoy this. Freaked is my favorite movie. And I disagree with that statement 100%. I'd agree if the original Mutante team stayed together, since Freaked is based around a large cast, but nope, they got rid of that very early on. Accion Mutante definitely has a look and feel to it that a lot of people will enjoy, but it'll never reach the cult status that El Dia De La Bestia will reach. That's for sh!t sure. A generous 6 outta 10.
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