Terrible acting, inept direction, dopey script
Low-budget horror has its fans, but some efforts really push the limits of human endurance with inept writing, dreadful acting, and low-rent special effects. “Mutant Hunt” is remarkable in its ability to check all those boxes in a 77-minute excursion into the absurd.<br /><br />The film takes place in what appears to be the remnants of an urban apocalypse in a futuristic New York City. Cyborgs are commonplace and coexist with humans. Many cyborgs are used for security and defense. But mad scientist Dr. Z (Bill Petersen), who aspires to world domination, has injected a group of cyborgs with a powerful drug called Eupheron that turns them into killing machines. Chief robotics engineer Paul Haynes (Marc Umile) attempts to stop the robot takeover, but he and his sister Darla (Mary Fahey) are kidnapped. Darla escapes and turns to tough guy Matt Riker (Rick Gianasi) for help.<br /><br />Riker assembles a team to hunt down the evil cyborgs before they destroy what is left of humankind. His “team” consists of a mechanic and a stripper. Another obstacle to Riker is Domina (Stormy Spill), intent on building a cyborg army of her own.<br /><br />There are so many inconsistencies in the ludicrous script that it seems like a Mel Brooks spoof. But it’s played completely straight. The appearance of the cyborgs is curious. They wear sunglasses and have buzz haircuts (before they became stylish), move robotically, and spew yellow goo when they’re destroyed. They seem oddly easy to kill, yet it’s pretty late in the film before a character realizes that shooting them will do the trick.<br /><br />The single halfway decent special effect is an animatronic cyborg with limited movement created by effects expert Ed French. The effect deserves a better film.<br /><br />The acting is uniformly terrible, with dull line readings, lack of emotion, and awkward physical action. An extended fight features Riker in only his tightie whities duking it out with a cyborg. Shot in a long take, the phoniness is magnified. Some editing could have made the fight look more convincing, but that would have taken time and in moviemaking, time is money.<br /><br />Director Tim Kincaid, who also wrote the script, is inept at putting together a movie that makes sense. The overall look of the film is cheap, with limited locations and characters’ homes looking more industrial than homey. Lighting is flat. An attempt at a sex scene is clumsy and is present only to titillate. In a scene in which a cyborg attacks a woman on the street, the camera cuts to a couple making out and casually watching. When the cyborg rips the woman’s head off and the couple gets splattered with her blood, they stroll off as if what they have just witnessed is as commonplace as a friendly disagreement.<br /><br />The action scenes are poorly choreographed, with high kicks landing visibly far from their target and moments borrowed from the Bruce Lee playbook minus style and finesse. Scenes of triumph over the cyborgs play too long, diminishing the intended effect. Camera work is rudimentary, with mundane set-ups and few tracking shots. The most interesting shot is of Domina, seen through a large glass container. The editing can’t liven up a sluggish pace. Even with its brief running time, the movie seems endless.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the unrated Blu-ray release from Vinegar Syndrome include the following:<br />Commentary with film historian Elizabeth Purcell<br />Mutant Maker, an interview with special effects artist Ed French<br />If You Want Me to Box a Kangaroo, an interview with actor Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner<br />Long Arm of the Hunt, an interview with actor Mark Legan<br />Reversible cover artwork<br /><br />This dreary picture may be of interest to exploitation aficionados but others will find it a waste of time. It could have been entertaining as a so-bad-it’s-good movie but never reaches even that level. As you watch, you can’t believe what you’re seeing.
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