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Mutafukaz
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Shōjirō Nishimi
  • Guillaume "Run" Renard
Screenplay byGuillaume "Run" Renard
Based onMutafukaz
by Guillaume "Run" Renard
Mutafukaz: Operation Blackhead by Team Chman
Produced by
  • Anthony Roux
  • Eiko Tanaka
  • Frédéric Puech
Starring
Edited byIvy Buirette
Marie-Laure Vanglabeke
Music byThe Toxic Avenger
Guillaume Houzé
Production
companies
Release dates
  • June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13) (Annecy Festival)
  • May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23) (France)
  • October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) (Japan)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
CountriesFrance
Japan
LanguagesFrench[2]
Japanese[2]
English[2]
Box office$461,724[3]

Mutafukaz[a] (Japanese: ムタフカズ －MUTAFUKAZ－, Hepburn: Mutafukazu, released as MFKZ in some markets)[4] is a 2017 French-Japanese adult animated science fiction film based on the comic series and the short film of the same name.[5] The film was a French-Japanese co-production between Ankama Animations and Studio 4°C[2] and is directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume "Run" Renard.[6] The comic would be published in English as M.F.K.Z. by the Behemoth Comics imprint, Happy Tank beginning in June 2021.[7][8] Mutafukaz was released in France on May 23, 2018 and in Japan on October 12, 2018.

Plot

A young woman carrying an infant is chased by black-suited men. Some of the men are killed by a dog who sprouts black tentacles. The woman manages to hide the baby in a dumpster before she is killed by one of the men.

Years later, the infant, now grown to a 22-year-old young man and named Angelino, lives in a run-down apartment in Dark Meat City (DMC) with his friend Vinz and countless "pet" cockroaches. While making a delivery, Angelino is distracted by Luna, a beautiful young woman, and is hit by a truck. This causes Angelino to start having headaches and hallucinate. The MIB, strange men in black suits led by a white-suited man named Bruce, begin pursuing Angelino. Angelino calls his friend Willy, and they hide in the rundown crime neighborhood of Palm Hills. Angelino and Vinz are later found again by the MIB, who engage the local gangs in a gunfight, killing people from both sides. Elsewhere, a Luchador tells his comrades about a vision he had about a potential evil they must combat.

In the restaurant they frequent, Angelino and Vinz run into Luna, who is actually working with the MIB and gets the two captured. Luna's father, Mr. K, is the leader of an alien race called Macho who have infiltrated the Earth including politicians and the police in order to eventually colonize the planet. Angelino is the child of a Macho father and a human woman which results in unpredictable and potentially powerful combinations that Mr. K wants to exploit. Mr. K tries to brainwash Angelino and convince him to kill his friend Vinz, while Luna switches sides after witnessing Angelino's past. They are rescued by the group of Luchadors who have followed Angelino's pet cockroaches that instinctively tracked Angelino down, and are joined by a scientist named Fagor who was the only one out of several kidnapped scientists working with the Macho.

Crocodile (a MIB from earlier) arrives at Willy's house and holds him hostage. Angelino and Vinz decide to return and Angelino rescues Willy. The Luchadores and Fagor launch the rocket, triggering it to snow across the country, freezing and killing all of the hidden Macho, while causing a news helicopter to crash, destroying Willy's house and killing Crocodile. Angelino, being half Macho, begins freezing, but is saved by Luna's kiss and apologizes to him. Bruce arrives for a climactic fight against Angelino, who saves Luna from being killed and refuses to use his Macho powers. Before Bruce takes the opportunity to kill Angelino, the local gangs gun down him as revenge for previously invading their hood and for shooting their leader in the eye.

Two months later, everything goes back to "normal" with people forgetting about the incident. Vinz finally gets a job at the restaurant they frequent. Angelino writes letters to Luna who disappeared after his fight with Bruce despite not knowing where in DMC she is. Willy, who also disappeared after the fight, creates his first music single. Mr. K is shown to have survived and has set up a base on the moon, where he begins sending UFOs to potentially invade earth.

Voice cast

French cast

  • Orelsan[1] as Angelino
  • Gringe[1] as Vinz
  • Redouanne Harjane[1] as Willy
  • Féodor Atkine[1] as Mister K
  • Kelly Marot as Luna
  • Julien Kramer as Bruce Macchabée & El Diablo
  • Emmanuel Karsen as Randy Crocodile
  • Gilbert Lévy as Professor Fagor
  • Alain Dorval as El Tigre
  • Frantz Confiac as Popeye

English cast

Release

Mutafukaz had its world premiere on June 13, 2017 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[2] The film was released in France on May 23, 2018. Parco released the film in Japan on October 12, 2018.[10][11] GKIDS released the English dub of the film in a limited theatrical run in the U.S. and Canada on October 11 and October 16, 2018.[4][12]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 39% based on 19 reviews with an average rating of 4.90/10.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Mutafukaz - Annecy Film Credits
  2. ^ a b c d e Mutafukaz - Annecy Programme
  3. ^ "MFKZ (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i MFKZ in Select U.S. Cinemas Nationwide on October 11 & 16
  5. ^ Lang, Jamie (June 11, 2017). "Annecy: See the First English-Subtitled Trailer for Ankama's 'Mutafukaz' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Lang, Jamie (June 12, 2017). "Mutafukaz creator-director Guillaume 'Run' Renard talks inspiration, animation and adaptation". Variety. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Johnston, Rich (February 22, 2021). "Behemoth Comics Launch New YA Publishing Imprint Happy Tank For May". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Dohm-Sanchez, Jeffrey (February 22, 2021). "BEHEMOTH COMICS ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THEIR HAPPY TANK IMPRINT". ICv2. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Blais-Billie, Braudie; Strauss, Matthew (September 27, 2018). "Watch a New Trailer for the Vince Staples-Starring Anime Film MFKZ". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  10. ^ French-Japanese “Mutafukaz” by STUDIO 4°C Gets Japan Release!
  11. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (February 15, 2018). "Celluloid Dreams sells 'Mutafukaz' to UK, Germany (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  12. ^ French, Alan (July 26, 2018). "GKIDS picks up North American Rights to MFKZ". Awards Circuit. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  13. ^ "MFKZ (2018)- Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

Notes

  1. ^ An eye dialect of "mother fuckers".
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