Review of Mutafukaz

Mutafukaz (2017)
6/10
Fast paced and forced action
1 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Arstyle - Gave me serious tekkonkinkreet vibes and brought me back to when I first saw it. Each environment gave you a certain indescribable feeling and you could feel the effort that went into it as well as the characters.

Characters - Supported each other really well and had their own fleshed out personalities. Loved the unique designs and the fact that they acknowledged little things about themselves. It fit their environment really well.

Plot - Now this is where it goes downhill. Plot is kinda generic with the whole main character has special powers and must be captured. All the action scenes felt like I was lightly being punched in the arm, they didn't hit like I hoped they would. His inner potential came out for a split second and caught my interest but not by much.

Soundtrack - My taste has nothing to do with this but this music didn't fit at all. It felt like it was for a different movie. I was honestly expecting something similar to "Into the Spider-verse" because of the characters and the environment but we got dubstep instead. Not hugely disappointing just a really strange choice in my opinion.

At a certain point when everything shifts to being on the run, it feels like it rushed. I would've liked a slower build up and maybe more time spent on developing the characters/villains.

I get what they were trying to do with the main character at the end but I wished they would've given more power to him to close the movie. He just gets into a fight and some other minor characters we barely saw saved the day. I get the message I just felt like it wasn't enough. All of it kind of felt like a short story poorly stretched out to 1 hour and 34 minutes.

While I loved Tekkonkinkreet, I'll admit it wasn't perfect either. The style, characters, and environments are all phenomenal but it suffers the same issues with the scattered plot. It almost feels as if the movie is lost and doesn't know where it's going.
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