After a scooter accident provoked by a mysterious woman's vision, Angelino, a deadbeat like thousands of others in Dark Meat City, starts getting violent migraines that are accompanied by strange hallucinations. Along with his good buddy Vinz, he tries to figure out what's happening to him while threatening men in black seem determined to catch him.
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Nyron
Do you know what the best anime movie of the last couple years is? I'll give you a hint: it's nothing by Makoto Shinkai, the Tyler Perry of anime. It's probably this one. Let's talk about anime movies for a second. There are three kinds of original anime movies: A. ghibli B. Over-produced trashy teen romances for the lowest common denominator that could've been live action C. The rare, totally stand-alone anime film that dares to take full advantage of the medium and delivers art, animation and story concepts that would've never been possible in a TV series format. This movie, MFKZ, is solidly in group C. Thisis a Movie with a bold, capital M, and it's one of my biggest contenders for favorite movie of last year. Not just anime movie, not just animated movie, favorite Movie. It's bold, insane, beautiful, fun and encapsulates everything cool about anime and animation in general. It's fucking awesome. Of course, only like 10 people know it exists.
However, maybe that will change because it's ~ ~ NOW ON NETFLIX ~ ~, and this review is goin' up to tell you why you should watch it like two or eight times.
Let's dig in.
MFKZ is a Japanese movie that is based on a French comic, based heavily around American culture and mythos - There's really nothing else like it, it is a wholly unique experience in this dead-dry industry full of perpetual garbage that's spun off or mutated from other garbage.
The first thing you notice in this weird mishmash of a visual feast is, well, the visuals. If you've seen the trailer, or even any screenshots, you'll notice that this movie doesn't look like anything else out there, except for Tekkonkinkreet, which you likely also haven't seen (but should.) Character designs vary wildly from realistically proportioned to being complete caricatures or talking animals. These designs all do something only animation can do: directly reflect the characters' personalities or just be generally absurd. This is all played completely straight - the main character's best friend has a flaming skull for a head, and this is acknowledged and played up in certain scenes, but there's never any "explanation" - he's just like that. Born that way.
The show-stopper here though is the background artwork. Every scene in this movie is beautiful. Every single shot. Close up of dirty bathroom tile? Drawn by God damned Rembrandt. All the time. Every mundane thing is meticulously brought to life and depicted with personality in extreme detail.
And then when it's all combined together, you get one of the most fluidly animated, stylishly directed animated movies of all time. What Into the Spiderverse did for 3DCG movies, this film does for 2D. The ice cream truck chase (yes, correct) sequence alone redefined what I thought was possible in an animated sequence, featuring wild camera shifts, time slowdowns and speedups, and just all-around cooky action.
Next, I guess we can talk about the story. I've had friends and people on forums say to me that the story is confusing. This movie isn't that complicated: it's an action movie. The main kids beat up the bad guys and chase after the girl, it's very Hollywood Blockbuster Action. That summary is definitely a simplification, but MFKZ takes you through a pretty linear chain of events and explains everything to you as it happens. The insane visuals and the fact the movie doesn't spoonfeed this to you is where people are getting hung up. One of the cool things about this film is that the main characters are total losers - destitute, incompetent, weak everymen living in a bad apartment in a bad city. There are several other parties hunting them down and aiding them, and while our main boy is the catalyst for a lot of things, the bigger events that transpire barely involve him. He just gets hit by the dump truck from Sonic Adventure 2 and then dodges lunatics with bullets while fawning over a girl. That's him. Then you have the demons, the mafia hitmen, the scientist, the roaches, the Shakespearian gangman played by the RZA, and the fucking luchadores. They all sort of crash together to make the final act happen, and the main boy is just there, sorting out his literal personal demons, not there to save the world. It's refreshing and everything has a payoff, coming together seamlessly for a strong finale. I've seen much weirder, much worse in movies than this. MFKZ is very tight from start to finish, not a scene or shot is wasted and everything contributes to the narrative.
Last, let's have a look at the audio in this movie. The English voice cast, the only relevant voice cast, is just stellar. This movie was made to be in English, voiced by Americans. You have have a pretty strong who's who of famous TV actors filling out the cast, like villain dude from Breaking Bad and the guy from The Shield. Performances are stellar all around, delivering fun, witty dialogue that feels like real people are talking, rather than the usual Google Translated dub scripts. "Shinohara-san, will you go to the Obenkyo Dojaimazisu with me?" / "Nnn-hn! Y-yes, big brother, I will! It makes me so happy!" - no shit like that, you hear?
The soundtrack and general sound design are quite solid. Not a lot of memorable vocal BGM or anything, but sometimes you'll get an insane dubstep drop beat during an action sequence. Essentially, the sound in the movie is very much design to emphasize the action and mood, rather than be any kind of flashy distraction. It's a good, simple sauce on a complicated dish.
So yeah, go watch it. You probably have a couple months before it's arbitrarily rotated. And then go watch Promare, Lu Over the Wall, Night is Short Walk on Girl, Tekkonkinkreet, the works of Satoshi Kon, and all the other incredible original anime movies you slept on due to Director-san McSparkleskies hogging the spotlight.
tonyfony
This is a rare opportunity of a life time when you see a film releasing world wide or i mean all theaters in the US, such as imax etc. Overall shout out to gkids who distributed this film. when it to animation and character design in this film which first started from a comic series that i should probably check out but anyways the way 4c studio adapted so well and so beautiful i was blown away plus this contains veteran animator also other in-between animator as well. Watch the English version. its more proper to the story it take place Whenit comes to the plot and narrative which i need to re-watch the film. I do believe the pacing is pretty good to an extent which i mean its somewhat fast past a well, also make the story less flesh out in some certain area such as character, agenda and execution meaning climax. causing the story to be somewhat absurd sometimes which i wish i spoil but nope. Characters traits are brilliant they have there quirks and there irony which there ignorant teenager humor and some *spoiler* --political conspiracy--.
The problem when i see altra violent art in anime or films. Its how they portrayed. I more likely ranting but ima make this quick and simple you can't just add voilent and bate the viewer by adding simple or cutie design or personality traits and smash them into piece. They tend to get a huge mass of view when it comes to show like ... re zero but overall in this film its really organic such as action, body gesture movement, caracter and characters, making them feel believable when you bring them to a gritty poverty slum setting.
the soundtrack is great. u get dat french house shit. i think some track are good and some are abit ehh.. But don't worry theres orchestrated tracks as well.
First you get the redline 2009 then you the the devilmane and now you get the mutafukaz. You see where im getting at. I felt like we need to promote more traditional animation being release in huge popular theaters to help domestic sales and gets some fucking oscar awards not no fake ass asian big hero 6 winning over princess kaguya
enJ0Yable
This is my first review, so please don't kill me for any mistakes... ;) Interesting that a quite niche-anime like Mutafukaz gets a two-days cinema screening in Germany thanks to Peppermint. There were just around 20 people in the movie when I was watching it, so financially it may not have been that good for the cinema. Still for me it was worth it. Story (3/10): For me, the only bad thing about the movie was the story. Without doing any spoilers, it's just senseless and hilarious, especially in the second half of the movie. It fits to the movie in general, but some things just happen randomlyand you think "why the hell is this part of the movie?" or "what's going on here? that doesn't make sense". It's just hangling around from joke to joke without a proper point to reach at first, and everything is happening too fast to think about it some more. Well, the movie doesn't take itself too serious, so it's okay, but I didn't like it. The comical absurdity made me give it 3 points for story, otherwise a 2 or 1 would not have been far away...
Art (7/10):
The source material for the movie is a French comic strip, so don't expect an Asian art style here at all. Everyhing looks like a mixture between European and American culture (it plays in America somehow, so that's fine). It doesn't feel like an anime, more like a normal European animation movie. The animation is well-done and there are so much details in the pictures that you won't be able to get all at your first watch for sure.
Sound (9/10):
A cultural mixture of French hip-hop and house, and Latin music (for example Reggaeton). For me the best song was the Reggaeton song running during the credits. The songs perfectly fit to the background, but are completely different from most anime soundtracks. You may be disappointed if you like the pop/rock/metal-oriented soundtracks of Japanese anime movies.
Character (7/10):
Most characters in this movie didn't really make sense or were just hilariously exaggerated (clichès / stereotypes ahead!), which absolutely makes sense concerning the story. The two main characters are the only ones acting fairly normal. Sadly only one of the two gets a real characterization, while the second one acts more as a sidekick that stumbled into the whole thing by accident. Does he even have motives? We don't know...
In addition to that, it's not explained why some of the protagonists look as they look. This may be some reference, too, but I didn't get it then.
Enjoyment (9/10):
I was just laughing all the time (except for the parts where I was thinking "what the hell is going on here?"). The movie features lots and lots of Western cultural references. The humour of this movie is REALLY black. They don't fear to mock about anything: brand names, conspiracy theories, people, politics and many more. This is why the movie was so enjoyable for me, and I'm sure I didn't find all the hints and references at first watch. Some senseless stuff made me sigh because I didn't find it funny, but the rest was really worth it.
Overall: 6/10
Well, I'm sad that the story was not really fitting for me. The rest was very good and I would have given an 8/10, but this more or less patched story doesn't allow it. I gave a 6/10 because the movie overall is exactly what this number means: "nice".
I recommend tha movie to everybody from a Western audience who wants to laugh about cultural jokes. I fear many Asian viewers or people who like anime may be disappointed when watching it.
PrometheanSpark
'GTA San Andreas: The Anime' This is an unbelievably stylish "rule of cool" film with a cast of exotic characters and a crazy story that doesn't make much sense. So turn your brain off, strap in and enjoy the crazy rollercoaster ride of super stylish action. As with all action flicks the story is more of an afterthought than anything else. The opening scenario was great and the set up with a flashback as the cold open was well done. However the film never goes anywhere with any of this despite the very dramatic and tense opening. It feels like a bunch of storyboards or comic panelswent missing during development. A deeper backstory is hinted at throughout and characters get dialogue that implies that there may be more going on but nothing ever comes of any of this By the end of the film nothing has really been learned and we arrive back at square 1 more or less. I genuinely think this is a shame because the scenario is very cool and the story actually had the potential to tell us something profound.
The art and animation is simply gorgeous. The camera angles mixed with the fluid ultra violence, beautiful backdrops and fantastic character designs creates an animated spectacle. This is one of the best looking animated films I have watched so far.
The sound is another highlight. The score is well-written, the French voice acting was great, and the sound effects were excellent. Overall I would regard the sound as one of the major strengths of this film. The hip hop and reggaeton tracks fit perfectly with the California gangster setting.
This homage to GTA San Andreas masterfully mixes European and Japanese influences set in a dystopian Los Angeles. A surprisingly satisfying and fun, if somewhat superficial, action flick which I nevertheless strongly recommend.
MamaSasaki
Honestly I don't know why I'm writing this review for a 2 year old movie at this point that probably gets less foot traffic then a dine in restaurant in this messed up Covid 19 world we live in, but with Netfilx adding Mutafukaz (or MFKZ) I was finally able to watch it after missing its small run in theaters. I doubt anyone will read this but if you do cool, I hope you like this review. Here's my thoughts on the movie. The good, This has some of the best animation I've seen out of the world of anime in recent times. No it'snot on par with things like A Silent Voice or other critically acclaimed "beautiful" anime but maybe that's because this movie isn't trying to be anime. It's almost hard to think that something like this could be made by an anime studio because it's so not anime. Yeah I know Japan wasn't the only one who had their hands on this project but maybe that's the reason it's so good. This is the type of movie you show people who aren't into anime. It doesn't do the boiler plate same old AnImE that people make jokes of or your parents think of as just cartoons, but instead actually tries to be something different. Character designs are unique and ones you won't forget about in the mishmash of "anime" characters, the fights feel like they would fit better in a video game and bring this energy that you don't normally see in "anime" movies, and the soundtrack... omg the soundtrack is probably the standout aspect of this movie. Plenty of times I found myself vibing to the music more then paying attention to the movie. Its mix of techno and latino music mesh so well together that you can't help but have fun. A stand out is the Ice Cream truck chase scene. Everything is made to stand out and be different and hits all the marks. This alone makes the experiences great...but
As for the bad, the plot is so scatter shot you'd think the script got hit with half the bullets that went flying in this movie. Bit off more then they could chew is an understatement for this movie. Starting as a fugitive on the run story we grow into aliens and gang wars and romance and a half baked message about the world. This thing is all over the place and none of it is done well enough to say their was a standout but none are done so badly to say that they were the weak point of the movie. It feels like so much of it was just thrown together to have a plot when you can tell watching the movie that a plot was the last thing on the creators mind. If you go into this expecting to get any sort of fulfillment on anything that then movie offers in its first 10 mins then sorry to say but you're wasting your time. It's particularity a shame when the characters are so well written. I guess not everything can be perfect but it was a damn shame to an otherwise great movie.
In the end Mutafukaz is just a small movie that came and went. It didn't make any landmark, groundbreaking, amazing noise in the small amount of time it was in the public consciousness and much like the page on MAL it is forgotten, but now with it being on Netflix I hope people give it a try. It might not be the best thing out there to watch but I don't feel like it wasted my time and I was taken on a ride that although the road wasn't great or even purposeful at times, left me none the less entertained by what I saw. Who knows maybe you'll think so too.
Athos1615
I see the movie in french, so my review is about the french version : Not having been able to go to see it at the cinema because discovered too late and very few distributed, I saw it only recently. This film is really innovative compared to what we used to see in the cinema especially on the side of French films with a surplus of French comedy in bad taste. A real risk on the part of Run, but the game was worth the candle! The animation is incredible, the universe can seem basic but is sufficiently developed to allow a good understanding, as for the maincharacters they are really endearing! The choice of dubbing is very good, I think that Gringe and Orelsan managed to detach themselves from their image of the Breaker Flowers, to correctly embody their respective characters.
The film made me want to go read the comics.
R_cx
Just watched the American premiere of MFKZ: The first thing I'd have to point out about this movie is its striking stylistic identity. It's a Japanese adaptation of a French graphic novel with HELLA American influences. This is pretty much a signature of how the definition of "real anime" is has been blurred in the recent years. The art and animation delivered this mashup of cultural identities so well that it definitely absorbs the viewer into this dilapidated anime L.A. universe. Background art is crisp and detailed as hell which makes an interesting blend with the abstract, fluidly off-model character animations. The atmosphere of the entire piecefelt solid and unique and was only strengthened by an outstanding soundtrack. The only thing holding the setting back from being what I would've liked is development. The movie does a great job at grounding the setting, but I almost wish I could've seen more of the characters spending time and living in different parts of the city.
Characters also suffer from this same shortcoming as we're not given enough time to understand all of the characters we follow throughout the movie (this is especially apparent with the main heroine).
The story was mostly the main driving point in this movie. The concept and set of events that makes up the story wasn't anything that hasn't already been told before. However, MFKZ's uniqueness comes from the style that it tells the story in. The story does come together nicely towards the end; although, the movie leaves some questions in the air and lacked an amount of tension to deliver on a satisfying climax.
The overall theme of the movie was relevant and not too hard to decipher while maintaining a level of subtlety to keep from sounding too heavy-handed. It was also pretty satisfying to recognize the nuances in how the themes developed over the runtime.
In conclusion, MFKZ is a pretty good movie that's amazing to watch and experience.
The main drawback from the movie, however, was that it lacked the sufficient development for the setting and characters. It also lacked an element of tension that could leave the viewer slightly dissatisfied with the resolutions.
7/10
KungSour
SS Review – Mutafukaz (Short and Sour) It’s hard to keep up with this film…no seriously like there is never a dull moment. The film is constantly flowing and the brief respites feel needed as both I and the main characters are out of breath trying to keep up with all. The stories about two young boys who regard themselves as the dregs of society, they see themselves as the lowest of the low. Even knowing this they try to survive to the best of their ability, but that does not go to plan when they are suddenly targeted by an unknown organisation. What could they possibly want“we are nobodies”, this is what they tell themselves as they are being chased by this organisation. I won’t say much more than that on the story, it kind of devolves into madness along the way and the chaos just builds up until they can’t really take it anymore. The movie starts out pretty chill for like the first 15 minutes then just goes from 0 to 300 just like that and maintains that momentum for the rest of the movie. There are times of brief respite but it kicks back off almost immediately.
The main characters I do like, they are literally two buddies living together and barely surviving. There’s a little banter between them and they have another friend which they both think is the living definition of annoying (looks like Bubsy xD). There’s also this big mafia guy who is a part of the organisation trying to capture/kill them. A girl who one of the main characters likes and a bunch of luchadores. There’s also the gangs, so yeah there is a variety of characters.
Animation is superb, it’s done by Studio 4°C and Ankama Animations (a French studio). Studio 4°C is amazing with its detail in the animation they did one of my favourite films Mind Game and that was really good too considering it’s a couple of years old now. Music is fantastic, fits the film to a tee and fits the world and culture the film portrays as well.
I really enjoyed this film, my highlights though were the music and animation. The story was good and like I said I really enjoyed it. Also I should mention the version I watched was in French which was interesting, can’t say I watch many films in French so that was different for me, just thought I’d mention that.
7/10
Mickropixel
Mutafukaz is a movie were I just don't know why no one talks about it, it has outstanding art and a soundtrack that feels fresh and not just fitting. It has some neet ideas with gags that are actually funny, the whole gangster setting isn't something so commen in anime. Story: 8 it's good but here and there it has it lengts and weird decisions. Art: 10 the art is what makes this movie so great, everything has lots of details and is in this certain style from the comic. Sound: 10 the soundtrack is filled with rap and techno just like what the charakters would listen to. Charakters: theyare cool but nothing more.
Enjoyment: 9 with humor and action and new ideas in every scene it never get's boring to watch.
Overall: 10
Conclusion: I had a great time with "Mutafukaz" and will probably rewatch it in the future, don't miss this creative bizarre masterpiece.
Moomochi
Out of 100 Nobles watching… 20 were impressed! 30 found no interest in the plot 30 couldn’t tell that there was a plot 10 thought the pacing was awful 10 didn’t really care for the quality of the animation Mutafukaz is a Japanese-French collaboration project between Studio 4°C and Ankama. The former being responsible for projects such as the Berserk movie adaptations, a Batman miniseries, and a film adaptation of one of my favorite manga Kaijuu no Kodomo and the latter having made popular French cartoon series Wakfu. I had high hopes having enjoyed Wakfu a great deal, but those expectations fell woefully short. The production quality and pipeline of Studio4°C seems to be something I just can’t acclimate too, but most importantly Mutafukaz is just not a cohesive film.
There’s some charm to be found in this movie. Interesting character designs and expressive artistic choices, but a decent art direction doesn’t get you anywhere if there’s no substance to back it up. That may be how I best describe this film. Formless. The movie is paced so absolutely terribly every scene change comes out of nowhere with no real explanation. As the viewer you should be guided from point A to point B when watching a film and it is up to the timing director to make that transition a smooth line. As far as I could tell Mutafukaz plot was a number of dots on a board with no lines connecting them.
I’ve done this film a bit of a disservice having watched it almost a month ago before reviewing it. Unfortunately, it’s just not memorable enough to recall much to complain about other than the overwhelming sense of wasted time felt after having watched it. Even in shows I more or less hated like Cannon Busters there were some elements I could cling to and complement. I can’t really do that here. The sound track was pretty good, I guess.
