Mutant Chronicles

2011-04-04T00:26:02Z

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[[Image:TheMutantChroniclesPoster.jpg‎|thumb|300px|right|Mutant Chronicles (2009)]]

'''The Following guns appeared in the film:'''

==Fantasy 'Wheel lock style' Rifle==
In keeping with the 'Steam punk' style of the film's technology (of the year 2207 AD) a lot of the soldiers look like a mish mash of World War 1 soldiers with mixed European gear and a very bulky fantasy rifle that looks like it has a 'wheel lock' looking mechanism in the middle.
[[Image:MutantChronicles02a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers line up to fight the mutants with their "Wheel-lock style" fantasy rifles. Note the mix of helmets, British P-1944 Turtle MK IV Steel Helmet, Small Kevlar "Fritz" helmet, another MK IV and a Dispatch Rider helmet.]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles03a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers wearing British P-1944 Turtle MK IV Steel Helmets line up in trench warfare with the charging mutants.]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles04a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A Closer Shot of the Fantasy 'Wheel lock style' rifle]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles06a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Trench Soldiers face off with the Mutants with their bulky fantasy rifles.]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles10a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter ([[Thomas Jane]]) fires his Fantasy Rifle]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles08a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A nice closeup of the 'wheel lock design' of the side of the rifle. Of course it's NOT a Wheel lock, but the "Steam punk" design is evocative of the classic Wheel lock mechanism.]]

It looks like theres an air tank under the barrel at the front, could this be pneumatic?

==SMLE==
One of the soldiers in the trench in the beginning has an Short Magazine Lee Enfield (No1Mk.III) with a bayonet just before he is blown up by a mortar round.
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British]]
[[Image:MC-SMLEa.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

==MAC-11==
Early on Lt. Maximillian von Steiner ([[Benno Fürmann]]) aims a highly modified MAC-11 pistol at Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter ([[Thomas Jane]]). Though it is decorated with science fiction add ons, it is clearly a MAC-11 as the base pistol.
[[Image:MC-M11a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|von Steiner ([[Benno Fürmann]]) aims a highly modified MAC-11 pistol at Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter - .380 ACP]]

==Mauser Rifle==
Heavily modified Mauser rifles are disguised as future weapons, however, the receivers and bolts are clearly visible. Most notably carried by Cpl. Valerie Duval ([[Devon Aoki]]) and Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter ([[Thomas Jane]])
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]

==Remington 870==
A heavily modified Remington 870 shotgun is used by one of the soldiers in the film.

==Fictional pistol==
Major characters appear to hold a heavily customized pistol. It's hard to say if it is based on a real live firing pistol design since the gun fire seems to be all CGI and not blank fire in the film.
[[Image:MutantChronicles11a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter ([[Thomas Jane]]) fires his pistol.]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles07a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Capt. Nathan Rooker ([[Sean Pertwee]]) fires his fictional pistol.]]
[[Image:MC-PistolPertweeA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Capt. Nathan Rooker ([[Sean Pertwee]]) aims his fictional pistol]]
these last two images, my best guess is that the pistol is a heavily modified colt 1911 or 1911 clone. The barrel on the top picture looks kinda small, could be an airsoft pistol

Major Hunter's Pistol is based on a Glock of some type. In the scene where he is about to draw on the two thugs who are selling seats on the lifeboat, there is a close-up shot of the pistol in its holster with a great view of the distinctive Glock grip.

==Swiss ZFK55 Sniper Rifle==

[[Image:MC-MysteryGunA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]

==Turkey Baster Gun==
The forces of Balhaus seem to carry a heavily modified gun, could be an M3 Grease Gun, however, the final result is a 'turkey baster' looking firearm.
[[Image:MC-TurkeyBasterGunA.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|]]

==Medieval English Sword==
* Any sword experts here? Help me out.
: I'm no expert but I think that may be a longsword --[[User:AdAstra2009|AdAstra2009]] 03:21, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
*Yeah, looks to be around the right size. Longsword's a two-handed grip and a blade > 35in, I think.
i dont think its a long sword not a big enough grip
Long swords are one handed swords. It's probably a bastard sword.
[[User:Tim|Tim]] 03:34, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
[[Image:MutantChronicles14a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|Benno Fürmann and Devon Aoki ready their swords]]
[[Image:MutantChronicles15a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A lineup of the cast with their Medievel English style Swords. Cast from left to right: Lt. Maximillian von Steiner ([[Benno Fürmann]]), Cpl. Valerie Duval ([[Devon Aoki]]),Brother Samuel ([[Ron Perlman]]),Severian ([[Anna Walton]]),Cpl. Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera ([[Luis Echegaray]]),and Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter ([[Thomas Jane]]). ]]
I´ve seen the film a couple of times, and i´d swear that those are one-handed longswords. The fact is that actors that don´t have sword training usually wields them as if they were 'bastard' swords. Bastard is a term coined in the XIX century to name what is today called a Hand and a half sword, that is, swords with a long enough pommel to be used one or two handed. That type of sword have a blade between 105-115 cm long, and the swords in the film are clearly shorter, about 85-90, a length usual for a one-handed longsword.
It looks to defiantly be a one-handed sword. By the design it seems like a late middle ages french style one and a half handed broadsword. I didn't see it quite close enough to see if it was a one handed sword that the actors hold like a one and a half.

==Trivia Special==
===Nice CGI Effect===
Despite the small budget there are some nice effects shots in the film, shown below for purely movie trivia reasons.
[[Image:MutantChronicles12a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A nice CGI landscape from the film ''[[Mutant Chronicles]]'']]
[[Image:MutantChronicles13a.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A shuttle explodes in a scene from the film ''[[Mutant Chronicles]]'']]

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