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airship piloted by a mutant. The group is forced to battle through the mutants in tunnels to reach the machine, hoping to save the last of humanity. In their attempt to reach the machine, most die, with Mitch being partially transformed into a mutant and Brother Samuel being fully transformed. Mitch
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The plot revolves around a "machine" which came from space 10,000 years ago. The "machine" mutates people into barely intelligent killing drones, known as "mutants", that drag new victims to the machine for conversion. Sealed away thousands of years ago by human tribes, the machine is accidentally
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between two (Capitol and Bauhaus) of the four corporations that now rule the world (the other two being Mishima and Imperial). Within six weeks the world is almost completely overrun by the mutant gangs. Some of the population has been evacuated to
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is able to halt his own transformation, but is forced to kill Brother Samuel. Mitch, being the last survivor, is ultimately successful in activating the ancient device, causing the machine (which was actually part of a
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rating of 3.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Bad acting, poor CGI and clunky script mean this sci-fi thriller is lacking in all departments including the thrills."
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slated to direct, but after facing several delays related to concerns of the budget Norrington left to direct
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A dying and mutated Samuel tells him to "have faith" as Mitch jumps from the slowly ascending
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stalled in development due to Pressman suffering back-to-back under-performances of
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The story is set in the year 2707. The world is loosely based on that of the
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must battle against mutated humans that were accidentally unleashed.
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also failed to come together with Christian instead making
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Luis Echegaray as Corporal Jesus "El Jesus" de Barrera
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Philip Eisner
Stuart Hazeldine
Edward R. Pressman
Pras Michel
Thomas Jane
Ron Perlman
John Malkovich
Richard Wells
Isle of Man Film
Grosvenor Park
Entertainment Film Distributors
Magnet Releasing
science fiction
action-horror film
role-playing game
of the same name
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