siderite I have to admit I started watching it with high expectations, since I've read some reviews saying that it is a bit different from other zombie movies. It was not. It wasn't bad, but in the end it was just a rather low budget zombie movie with the same clichés that we know so well. The specific variation is virus infestation.The film starts with three people in an ambulance, a woman who is a nurse, her husband or boyfriend and a black soldier woman who goes all crazy Rambo and has to be put down. There are some interesting scenes that hint at a bigger, smarter plan from the movie makers, but it doesn't come to fruition. All we get is this woman who runs away from all kind of creeps (and some zombies) until the film ends.The idea is that the virus makes people very violent and meat hungry, but it also changes them, transforming them into something else. I kept hoping that the title would refer to some sort of human zombie combination, hunted by humans and zombie alike, destined to become a breed of antihero of its own. But, even if the movie did, as I said, hint at some more interesting ideas, it didn't go as far as actually explore them.Bottom line: In my mind this films keeps oscillating under and above the average line, like a leaky boat that you don't know if it will sink or not. I am very tempted to rate it as a failure, but then again I must not punish the film makers for the crazy ideas and expectations I had in my head. So I will rate it as average, after all, but I don't really recommend it.

GL84 After encountered the mutated beings of a strange virus in the French countryside, a woman struggles to survive the ravenous creatures as they continually decimate those she comes into contact with while trying desperately to get away from them.This one turned out pretty decent if not overly spectacular or mildly irritating. When dealing with the creature's attacking, this one is a ton of fun, with them adapting the fun tactic of beating and wildly scratching and pounding their victim before they consume them, leaving it incredibly brutal and gory during those moments, and that they come mostly in the second-half gives it a really frantic and frenetic pace that makes it all the more enjoyable. Even the violence dished out to them makes for some fun, with them being shot up, entangled in barbed wire, set on fire and bashed to a pulp, among other fun activities, and the action-packed chases, escapes and battles are a lot of fun. It does tend to get lost in a rather drawn-out middle segment where she just seems to wander around looking for help and not really doing anything of any importance during these times, since it's quite pace, lack of action and tons of time devoted to accomplishing nothing really wear themselves out. Still, it's not too bad of an effort.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity.

amesmonde A virus has transformed the majority of humans into zombie creatures. An unlikely group try to fight for survival in a military base.Even though every country has had a stab at a zombie/virus film recently - France already with the entertaining Le Horde nevertheless here's another French take - refreshingly Mutants is the opposite of the aforementioned and takes a serious tone with the subject matter, stylishly filmed by director David Morlet.There's great sets, cinematography and art direction. It has cold eerie lighting, empty bunkers and some well executed gore effects all on the backdrop of a snowy wintertime setting.Many scenes are tension filled with the added feeling of claustrophobia for good horror measure. Although the sound design of the infected is arguably overboard the acting is first-rate with Helene de Frougerolles (looking Aisa Agento-alike) carrying the film. In Louis-Paul Desanges and David Morlet's screenplay everything is played for realism, adding a hard edge to the proceedings.There's an annoying abundance of shaky camera work that has become synonymous with zombie - like virus films. Calls for help on the radio, bunkers, machetes, guns, human betrayal, love and loss - all the clichés are there but handled realistically. This coupled with the naturalist acting and crafted chilling score allow Mutants to breakout from the saturated genre.28 Day Later rage-like infected aside it has a balanced simmering survival emotional element packed with atmosphere and action throughout. Although humourless it's nonetheless bloody and dramatically entertaining.

chicagopoetry It's not that Mutants is the goriest thing I've ever seen (though it is pretty damn gory), it's just that it is so consistently gory, without pause, with thick, syrupy blood constantly splashing around in just about every frame of it, with no humor or character development or even conversation for that matter, that it just left me dizzy and queasy. It's so relentlessly gory that it's hard to even be scared by the things jumping out at you while you're still recovering from gagging and grimacing. The lighting is well done; the entire movie seems to appear through a light blue filter. I want to say that the acting is good but there isn't much acting beyond crazed zombies akin to those from 28 Days Later flailing around aimlessly and biting and eating human flesh, and screaming and running and fighting and some arguing. The notion of the relationship between the woman and her infected man gives this a new spin but otherwise this is just a pile of bits and pieces taken from other zombie apocalypse movies piled together into 90 minutes of blood splatter.