Artistically brilliant and narratively flawed, this film is somewhat a hidden gem, and somewhat horrible. This is a beautiful movie, the grungey nature that surrounds every frame is amazing and I loved every second of it. Its environments are dazzling to look at, and the character designs are (for the most part) gorgeous.

Our main protagonist here, Lino, is a lowlife who finds no value with himself or the others who he keeps by his side. No faith, nor hopes for the future. Then we get the love at first sight thing. It hits and ends as soon as it comes. With no build or visual queues to help the viewer distinguish Lino's feelings afterwards. Sure, during this scene it is there. But leaves no impact aside for her to be convenient later on. Besides this, Lino himself is a wonderful character, he's grim, has a good personality that fits, and has a surprising story to tell. He works well in the world he is placed in, surreal and grittily wacky. His friend Vinz, has a remarkable talent for being too damn likeable. So much so that they ruined the ending by adding one last scene in. Their friendship is gold, and the chemistry really works. Willy is just a plot device, nothing more.

The sound design was both great and bad. While the orchestral soundtrack wasn't bad, the songs provided by The Toxic Avenger were meant to be the standout ones here. The song that was featured in the car chase was good and atmospheric. But, the song that played during an action scene did not work well at all and would have been better with no music, or at least some reverb or extra instrumentation. The sound effects I thought were lacking throughout the film, nothing felt right when a certain sound was queued by what you were seeing. Leaving some parts feeling empty. Voice acting, however (for the French dub), was very good.

Overall MFKZ (Mutafukaz) has a superb sense of animation and world design. As well as friendship drama mixed in with cool ideas for the plot. It adds up to be overly contrived in most cases but, has a strong heart and warmth to the characters and their own stories.

**5.8/10**