1993 · sci-fi · comedy · action
Mutant Action
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia1h 30m1993
Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.
Our read: Mutant Action (1993) reads as a sombre, breathless, surreal sci-fi · comedy · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, breathless, measured sci-fi / comedy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- surreal
- cold
- funny
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