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An infection is
spreading quickly in Manhattan, causing
people to turn into rat-like, flesh-eating mutants.
Five tenants struggle to stay alive inside their
apartments, but that's easier said than done as they
seem to be the only survivors left in all of Manhattan.
Will anyone be able to make it out alive?
Praised by many, hated by some, Mulberry Street is more
or less a no-budget version of 28 Days Later. What I
thought of it? Well, I didn't mind it but I'm not sure
why it's been so hyped. 28 Days Later easily wins in my
eyes, but you can't help but to admire the people behind
this film for being able to do what they did with such
a limited budget. I've even heard that 70% of the
movie was shot inside the directors own flat - which
doesn't seem impossible. Most of this movie took place
inside a small apartment where three tenants are trying
to stay alive. Meanwhile, two elderly men are still
alive and well in the apartment next to them (which
seems rather impossible considering that most of the
population in Manhattan has been contaminated).
Mulberry Street is either a thinkers film, or a sloppily
written film as this movie doesn't answer any questions
you may have like; where did the virus originate? and
why does the female lead in the movie have a giant
scar on her cheek? furthermore, I'm still wondering
why the infection only affected Manhattan? Anyway, all
we get to see is a rat biting a man, and from there on,
all hell breaks loose and there's no room left for
questions to be answered. In terms of a plot, Mulberry
Street doesn't really have one. It's rat-people
attacking regular people. It's as simple as that. It
occasionally works but for most of the time it's just
mediocre entertainment and it seems as if we've seen
it a few times too many before.
So what makes Mulberry Street enjoyable? Well, it's
got a good cast to carry the movie and the director
seems to have dedicated his soul to this movie, and
you know how much I love movies with soul. It's not
a memorable movie, but it's mildly entertaining while
you're watching. I don't think that it's a movie for
everyone though and showing this at this years After
Dark Horror Fest is probably a big mistake. If I were
you, I'd probably wait for the DVD or rent 28 Weeks
Later instead. I commend the director of Mulberry
Street for being able to pull off such a stellar movie
with almost no money, but whoever thinks that this is
better than 28 Weeks Later is obviously lying. It's
far from as entertaining and has a lot of flaws that
are quite hard to overcome. Worth a rent.
Some flesh biting, a bashed in head, lots of blood
splatter. Most of the gore scenes were shaky so it was
difficult to see what was going on.
I quite enjoyed the soft rock music but the suspense
score didn't work for me at all.
Mulberry Street failed to get me very excited but it
entertained me to a certain extent for an hour and a
half and considering its budget, it's a surprisingly
decent film. Far from as great as some people make it
out to be, but still pretty entertaining. I'd watch
28 Weeks Later instead if I were you though.
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