With a
derivative storyline, awful melodramatic script, and lazy special effects, Mutant World was a perfect fit for the
Sci-Fi Channel. It just isn’t a good fit for my taste. But anyone who thinks
that florescent green eyes are enough of a special effect to justify the title
insinuating mutation, and enjoys watching incapable actors suffer through a
humorless screenplay full of clichés, Mutant
World may be the film for you.
The movie begins
suddenly with an apocalyptic disaster that interrupts van sex between a young
couple. Melissa (Holly Deveaux) has her boyfriend drop her off when her father
(Kim Coates) calls, because they are doomsday prepped with a bunker to hide in
to avoid radiation. Then the boyfriend appears too late to make it into the
bunker with them, ignoring the fact that he could have just stayed with Melissa
instead of dropping her off. This is the logic running through Mutant World,
along with horribly dull fight scenes and an overall shoddy construction.
The story then
jumps ten years forward, with almost none of the characters changing their
appearance or aging in the slightest. They are running out of fuel to run their
bunker, and must emerge to look for resources. They find the world overrun by
mutants of varying degrees and rules of existence. Then there are the
survivors, who are inexplicably unaffected by the radiation. Among these is a
lone hero dressed as a preacher, named The Preacher (played woodenly by singer Ashanti
There is a
strange phenomenon within the film, where it will cut to black for several
seconds in the middle of dramatic fight sequences. It took me most of the film
to realize these must have been the commercial breaks, which were lazily left
in this DVD transfer. Not that this film is at all engaging, but these sloppy
little mistakes detract even further from a product of quality. The DVD release
is fitting for the film; both are better avoided.
Entertainment Value:
1/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 0/10
Historical
Significance: 0/10
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