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Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Mutant Action
1993 1h 33m ES
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6.3
MID
★6.3TMDB · 205
ActionComedyScience FictionThriller
Synopsis
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Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Antonio Resines
Ramon Yarritu
Álex Angulo
Alex Abadie
Frédérique Feder
Patricia Orujo
Juan Viadas
Juan Abadie
Karra Elejalde
José Óscar 'Manitas' Tellería
Saturnino García
César 'Quimicefa' Ravenstein
Fernando Guillén
El ominoso Orujo
Jaime Blanch
El presentador loco
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Álex de la Iglesia
- Writers
- Álex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- France, Spain
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Earned back only 60% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: France, Spain.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Álex de la Iglesia, shot by Carles Gusi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Pablo Blanco shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Antonio Resines and Álex Angulo and Frédérique Feder carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0106215 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Álex de la Iglesia directs. Carles Gusi behind the camera. Pablo Blanco cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France, Spain. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 60% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 333 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 4International production across 2 countries: France, Spain.
- 5Directed by Álex de la Iglesia, shot by Carles Gusi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Editor Pablo Blanco shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Antonio Resines and Álex Angulo and Frédérique Feder carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt0106215 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Carles Gusi
- Editing
- Pablo Blanco
- Production design
- José Luis Arrizabalaga
- Costume design
- Estíbaliz Markiegi
- Makeup / hair
- Hipólito Cantero
- Runtime
- 93 min · 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,804,296
- Box office
- $1,089,975
- Return
- 60% of budget
- Original language
- ES
Awards
- Ignotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Álex de la Iglesia
Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Chris Sawin★ 6/10
Even for an Alex de la Iglesia film, Accion Mutante is bizarre. It’s bloody and volatile with a finale that is nothing but people shooting bulky and unrealistic guns at one another. The film is gritty and grainy while having this Evil Dead kind of low budget classic quality to it. Accion Mutante is a messy and chaotic sci-fi film and an even sloppier comedy, but it’s worth checking out for its ridiculously aggressive and amalgamated "futuristic" mayhem. Full review: https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Fantasia-Accion-Mutante-1993-Review
Production companies
Who made it
El Deseo
ES
CiBy 2000
FR
Key crew
- ProducerAgustín Almodóvar
- ProducerPedro Almodóvar
- Associate ProducerEsther García
- EditorPablo Blanco
- MusicDef Con Dos
- SoundRicardo Steinberg
- CostumerThierry Mugler
- Special Effects Key Makeup ArtistHipólito Cantero
- Makeup & HairPaca Almenara
- Costume DesignEstíbaliz Markiegi
- Special EffectsOlivier Gleyze
- Special EffectsYves Domenjoud
- Special EffectsJean-Baptiste Bonetto
- Special EffectsBernard Andre le Boette
- Production DesignJosé Luis Arrizabalaga
- Production DirectorEsther García
- First Assistant DirectorPep Nadal
- Second Assistant DirectorPilar Tomás
- Script SupervisorCesc Mulet
- Third Assistant DirectorJorge Guerricaechevarría
- Key Production AssistantTino Pont
- Steadicam OperatorJoaquín Manchado
- First Assistant CameraTeresa Burgos
- Assistant CameraElisenda Cardona
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- future
- mutant
- terrorism
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1993-02-09
Also known as
International titles
- Acción mutanteES
- Mutant ActionGB
- 畸形特攻CN
