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Mutant Chronicles, except i don't think about it normally, but immediately comes to mind when somebody asks similar question. Also it wasn't mediocre, it was incredibly bad and the second biggest disapointment movie ever for me (worst was Starship Troopers 2).
Premise seems pretty cool (mutant/zombie machine), and I guess it's kind of a cool but forgettable action flick?
I played a lot of tabletop and card games in this universe in 90's so i was pretty excited for a movie, and while it was forgettable (but also bad) action flick its main fault was that it has basically nothing in common with the Mutant Chronicles universe.
It's like getting "Lord of the RIngs" movie, but about some gang war in a village southeast of Umbar.
It’s like getting “Lord of the RIngs” movie, but about some gang war in a village southeast of Umbar.
I mean. I would watch that.
In this case i would like to recommend some books for you:
Basically unlicenced Middleearth fanfics written by Russian authors but a good ones and getting officially published in multiple countries.
The Fall Guy. The show had a very simple premise (stunt crew moonlights as bounty hunters) that really couldn't hold up after multiple seasons. The movie just floundered trying to do too much, and ended up far too inside baseball for normal viewers to really identify with.
I never watched the show, but I loved the movie. Almost every character feels competent and clever, so they do at least something that surprised me. There are a few points that hinge on details that feel a bit contrived, but I appreciated that the climax wasn't just a physical fight between good guy and bad guy. The main characters have emotional problems that are believable and get resolved. Plus, it's just a little campy.
I think the "inside baseball" that you mentioned gave the world more depth. It felt "lived in".
I'll give you that the movie does try to cram a lot into the time, though. It feels a little rushed.
The Man from Earth
B4
Triangle
Time Lapse
Daybreakers
Evolution
Knowing
S Darko was interesting because at it's core it's about the fact that women have to deal with twice as much bullshit
Idiocracy.
Loved the idea. Film itself... meh
I think I read that the studio insisted on changes that annoyed Mike Judge. Pootie Tang met the same fate. They should have just let professional comedians release whatever but some studio executive didn’t get the jokes and was like, “This movie won’t appeal to suburban fathers over 45.” or whatever.
In my experience, it often comes out that all of the shitty parts of comedy movies are not the fault of the creators. But comedians aren’t given creative freedom like Scorsese or whomever and also are like, “Make whatever edits you want. I made a stupid movie with my friends. You got my check?”
yeah read that Caddyshack was made in florida instead of california because they didn't want the studios breathing down their necks.