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    <em>Mute</em> Is a Grim Sci-Fi Slog

    The director Duncan Jones (<em>Moon, Source Code</em>) returns to the genre that launched him, but this Netflix future-noir is a mess.
    by David Sims Feb 23, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Netflix

    According to the director Duncan Jones, , his new film debuting Friday on Netflix, was as a work of sci-fi. And it shows. This noir-tinged mystery drama about a mute bartender trying to solve the disappearance of his girlfriend by plunging into a criminal underworld is, indeed, set in the future. There are some robots, a lot of esque neon lights littered around the city, and a very vague sense of dystopia in the air. The world has certainly gotten’s setting, beyond serving as a cool backdrop and as a way to harken back to the works Jones made earlier in his career, smart and engaging movies like 2009’s and 2011’s

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