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Like 2016’s Apocalypse and 2019’s Dark Phoenix, this suffers from choppy editing, predictable storytelling and a climax reliant on decidedly ropey CGI. At least here they did away with having one-dimensional bad guy altogether.
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The New Mutants
Anya Taylor-Joy (Split), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) and Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) star in the first film adaptation of the X-Men spin-off comic book series.
A group of young mutants being held in a creepy hospital for psychiatric evaluation must utilise their mutant abilities - and teamwork - in order to get out alive.
Less2018Rating: M, Violence, offensive language & horror94 minsUSA20th Century Studio
Horror
- Director:
- Josh Boone ('Stuck in Love', 'The Fault in Our Stars')
- Writer:
- Josh BooneKnate Gwaltney
- Cast:
- Anya Taylor-JoyMaisie WilliamsCharlie HeatonBlu HuntHenry ZagaAlice BragaHappy Anderson
The New Mutants | Reviews
Slash Film
In a world where normal seems very abnormal indeed, to experience something middling feels surprisingly refreshing.
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IGN
The New Mutants has not been dissimilar to its teen protagonists, an oddball locked away from the world by some big, powerful entity. And as it turns out, like them, it didn't deserve such ill-treatment.
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Empire Magazine
Despite a game cast, The New Mutants' horror elements aren't very scary and as a superhero movie it fails to truly excite. A disappointing finale to Fox's X-Men franchise.
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Vanity Fair
The movie that's made its way to theaters is mildly engaging but mostly inert, a wan sizzle reel for an idea rather than the idea made manifest.
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Variety
Re-shot, re-cut and somehow rescued from total obscurity, Boone's movie isn't half bad. Alas, it's not half good either.
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Los Angeles Times
Boone's film does demonstrate that there are different ways to approach these franchises outside of the binary of lighthearted/fun and dark/gritty movies that permeate the superhero genre.
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New York Post
A popular $6 billion franchise is saying goodbye (well, handing the reins over to Disney) with a wimpy young-adult horror flick.
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The New Mutants | Release Details
The New Mutants is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Disney+ and Neon Rentals.