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Feb 25, 2018 · Mute is confusing, bland, boring and a total mess, and once again, more proof that Netflix’s “let creators do whatever they want at all times” strategy of content production has the potential to...
- Paul Tassi
Feb 23, 2018 · When it was announced that Mute, the latest film from director Duncan Jones, was to arrive on Netflix, there were numerous reasons to be positive. Jones’ sci-fi pedigree had been proven with his...
- What Really Happened to Naadirah?
- Mute's Paul Rudd Villain Twist Explained
- Duck's Betrayal of Cactus
- Mute's Final Confrontation
- Leo's Returning Voice
Leo's investigation sees him tracing Naadirah's supposed earlier footsteps, apparently learning of a hidden side-job as a prostitute. However, through a tortured use of technology to track her home, he then learns that it was actually a double, leading to the uncovering of a prostitute ring using girls from the club. This, in turn, helps him discov...
That Cactus Bill, played by never-aging nice guy Paul Rudd, is actually the villain of Mute comes as quite a shock (not helped by the flashback mechanism used for the reveal being confusingly different to other cases). At first Cactus came across as a light-hearted, relatable character with a wry, word-aware sense of humor. However, his turn - or, ...
But while Cactus is the perpetrator of the movie's main mystery, his plot resolution is not the end. Once Leo finds Naadirah, the pair battle and Catcus' knife is forced into his own throat. As the villain lies bleeding out, Duck re-enters the picture. Once the crazier of the pair (since revealed to be of sounder mind compared to the ex-wife killer...
All of this builds to Mute's final confrontation between Leo and Duck, two characters who had no prior interaction up until this point. Teddington fixes Leo's voicebox - which was lacerated by a boat motor as a child and left unhealed by his Amish mother - in an attempt to force the bartender to apologize for killing his friend. He repeatedly asks ...
And, finally, we come to the unmuting. Emerging from the water, Leo calls at Josie to save her from falling. It's only core sci-fi moment in the plot itself (the rest is more trappings, with the main narrative feeling like it would work in any time period) and serves as a key culmination of his arc. As flashbacks point out, the first time we saw hi...
- Alex Leadbeater
- Content Director
Feb 27, 2018 · 'Mute' is a much better, much more interesting movie than its Rotten Tomatoes score would have you believe. Here's why the critics must be crazy.
Feb 26, 2018 · Though events unravel in a fairly straightforward way, Mute is full of interconnected characters and an abundance of individual motives — some good, some very, very bad — leaving a number of ...
Feb 27, 2018 · The events in Mute are exaggerated, but there’s an underlying confession slithering through the belly of the film, all of which brings us to its biggest issue: Mute is disappointing because...
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Feb 23, 2018 · What’s never really established is why Mute even needs to be a sci-fi movie; aside from a few gadgets and vehicles, it could just have easily been set in some crime-ridden city of the present.
