Mute doesn't get off to a great start. It's unengaging with weak performances and does just feel like another Blade Runner rip off. The world in which it takes place is odd; sometimes it looks great but other times it looks like they couldn't quite afford to do what they wanted. Perhaps it's a problem with it being on TV that it instinctively just feels cheaper.
Once the story gets underway I did find myself getting more and more drawn in. Forget about Blade Runner (and even the futuristic setting, which serves little purpose) and just take it as a sleazy noir and it suddenly becomes a lot more enjoyable. Yes, Skarsgård's character isn't that interesting but he moves the story forward and the focus should always have been on Rudd's character. The darker turns the film takes are really interesting and it's perhaps not odd that people have issues with them but it's strange that critics of the film think they serve no purpose when they drive the final act.
I ended up enjoying it and I hope it finds an audience somewhere down the line.
March 04, 2018 at 03:38PM
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