Just when you thought Zombie\infection movies were all done for the French bring the heat with a hardcore horror flick called Mutants. the movie begins mostly with the same plot as 28 days later, an unknown virus gets out into the public and turns loved ones into blood thirsty cannibalistic creatures. The two main characters Marco and Sonia take refugee in a hospital out in the woods in hopes for emergency evacuation from N.O.A.H, a corporation built for fighting the deadly virus and cleansing France of the infected. Everything is going fine untill Sonia finds out that Marco has become infected. now she has to go through with waiting out for evacuation before the virus fully takes over her lovers body.
Not only does the plot set this movie apart from others but the movement and choreography of the actors that played as the infected. (they're so believable it's scary). Also the camera angles took a good roll in the movie as well, from the shakey movement in the running scenes to the extreme close ups of characters faces brought out alot of emotion and fear.
Mutants premiered on January 31 last year in the Gérardmer Film Festival and the U.S IFC company bought it recently releasing it on OnDemand subtitaled in english (lucky for us).
if you're looking for a good horror film this movie does not dissappoint. I'd have to say Mutants did better then both 28 days later as well as the sequil 28 weeks later. But that's my opinion check it out for yourself in the independent film section on OnDemand and tell me what you think.
(official teaser trailer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34brTAzr9wE
The French have really been delivering when it comes to horror recently. "Them" was a masterpiece, "Inside" was terrific (but "Martyrs" was awful and overrated) and this looks pretty cool. I'm interested in seeing a French take on Zombie horror, since they tend to get pretty extreme in their setpieces.
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