“There are actually two movies unfolding side-by-side here, and one of those stories is more interesting than the other. There’s a lot of good work in Mute, but my biggest problem with the film has to do with the way those stories finally come together,” writes Drew McWeeny.
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The new sci-fi noir film by the director of Moon is set in the same world as his groundbreaking debut. It stars Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux.
Starring Paul Rudd, Alexander Skarsgard and Justin Theroux, Jones’ “spiritual sequel” to Moon takes place in a futuristic Berlin, and it will stream on Netflix starting Feb. 23.
Netflix’s long-gestating feature Mute has tapped The Leftovers star Justin Theroux to join previously announced cast members Paul Rudd and Alexander Skarsgard in the sci-fi thriller.
A mute bartender goes up against his city’s gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.
The pic will star Skarsgard as mute bartender Leo Beiler in a near-future Berlin, who hits the town and enters the gangster underworld in order to find his missing love. Beiler’s investigation brings him to encounter a strange duo of American surgeons (led by Rudd) who appear to be the only recurring piece of the puzzle.
Logline: A mute bartender searches for his missing love in the shady underworld of a near future Berlin.
