Mutant Aliens |
  • USA • 2001 • 81m •   • Directed by: Bill Plympton. • Starring: Dan McComas, Francine Lobis, George Casden, Matthew Brown, Jay Cavanaugh, Amy Allison, Christopher Schukai, Kevin Kolack, Vera Beren, Anthony Arcidi, Thea Button, John Holderried, Phil Lee. • Music by: Hank Bones, Maureen McElheron.    Marooned by design in a strange asteroid inhabited by bizarre creatures and mind-boggling living biological transmutations, the audacious American astronaut, Earl Jensen, miraculously heads back to Earth and his now grown-up daughter to tie up some loose ends, after twenty long years in oblivion. Bent on revenge, Jensen won't rest until he finds those responsible for his intergalactic tragedy; however, this time, he is not alone, as his powerful, yet abominable mutant friends are, too, in the mood for retribution. Now, no force on Earth can stop Earl. But, who is behind the long-lost cosmonaut's personal disaster?
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This film gave me about half a dozen belly laughs with its excessive sex & violence, humorous songs, and aliens shaped like giant noses, eyeballs, and fingers. The film begins to lag towards the end, as the astronaut offers a few retellings of what happened while he was trapped in space, but this is a tight eighty minutes of quality animation. Visually, the film's strength is not due to any technical precision or revolutionary style, but rather, the sense of immediacy that is only possible when an artist has complete control over his work.
I don't believe in number rankings, so I'll just say that "Mutant Aliens" wouldn't rank as high as a film like Ralph Bakshi's "Heavy Traffic." If you want to view some serious animation from an independent filmmaker, this is worth your time. If you're interested enough to look up this film, I believe the visuals and script will make you laugh.
Review by mac_philo from the Internet Movie Database.
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