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I might have liked this film a lot more if I hadn't had an intense sense of déjà vu the whole time I was watching it. This story was already covered, and to better effect, in the 1994 British flick "In the Cold Light of Day" with Richard E. Grant, an absolutely terrific character actor. He brings an intensity to the cop role that, sorry, Nicholson just can't match. Well, Nicholson's basically just been lampooning himself for years now; it's so disappointing.

The British movie was based on the same novel as The Pledge - but The Pledge doesn't really do anything different or add anything new. So why bother? Go see the original.

Like the title says, this movie is an action flick about, well, mutants. Mutants who are terrorists trying to blow up the "beautiful people" of the world. I suspect, having read other viewer comments, (after being appalled by spelling and grammar), that this film will appeal to a very small, select audience. Personally, I laughed so hard, my face actually hurt. Rarely have I seen a more entertaining, goofy, hilarious, science fiction/thriller, and complete romp of a film.

"Accion Mutante" is certainly over-the-top, and it plays fast and loose with plot development, but that's part of its charm. If you're looking for a "serious" action movie, or one with some kind of point (i.e. only handsome, muscle-ridden Americans with cool sunglasses can save the world), then this is not the movie for you. But if you have an outrageous, wacky sense of humour, and you enjoy gonzo SF movies with lots of ridiculous gore and totally unrealistic violence, that leave no holds barred, then take a look at "Accion Mutante"--you'll probably love it.

For aficionados of films with the sensibility of "Freaked", "Eating Raoul", "Big Trouble in Little China", the pacing of "Aliens", and a similar amount of violence to "Fight Club". Not a subtle film, but definitely an entertaining one. And when was the last time you were actually entertained at the movies?