/ country USA / Josh Boone / genre Horror, Action / 1h 38m

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Finally the theaters have opened and I can return to the foxholes of high definition screens, loud speakers rumbling, and large picture wonders of the movies. Today a movie we never thought would see the light of day finally awakens in hopes of making a big flash on the screen. But will Covid and a massive delay screw up the project promised months ago or are we merely to be a crowd of the incompetence of Hollywood and the business politics of the studio getting in the way of creativity. Robbie K back again to give you insight into the latest film as he reviews:
Movie:
New Mutants (2020)
Director:
Josh Boone
Writers:
Josh Boone, Knate Lee
Stars:
Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton
LIKES:
Good Graphics

Haunting graphics brought to life with decent animation and style
A great setting that feels haunted, enclosing, and very much foreboding
Mutant powers that have the comic and movie atmosphere that comes through at the end of the film and reminds me of X-men series I love

Some Decent Acting From Young Actors

Talented cast brings out the teenage angsts of a hot headed mutant academy group
Good spectrum when they are directed too with Maisie Willaims and Blu Hunt who have the highest spectrum
Great chemistry together that many times feels very much like a group forced together into odd situations

Some Deep Meaning

Without ruining the plot, plenty of character development to address relevant topics
Some are done fantastically to really integrate with the story and will be the shining moments of the movie

Decent Run Time

About 90 minutes, hard to beat that for a movie like this.

Some Great Horror Delivery at times

The setting is truly haunting, with creepy shadows, feelings of being alone, and the chilling psychological torment of the colors of the wall
Some chilling things that go bump in the night and may induce nightmares to young audience members (be warned)
Some back stories are certainly deeply disturbing, a darker comic book splendor that may resonate deeply and certainly chill you at points.

Rahne and Dani

Best part of the movie, as the two have great chemistry, the most character development, major growth, and a dynamic that works well.
Great acting as I said.

Okay climax:

Displays of Power come out
A nice suspense of the movie, that is okay to say the least
Some of the funniest lines to date at this time.

DISLIKES:

Predictable

Even without reading the comics can see so many things a mile away
Makes the movie boring at times knowing where it is going and took away the edge of the horror points

Slow at times

Takes a little while to get off the ground, the first act in particular a long drawn out intro
Second part feels very uneven, exciting at times only to drop to low, drawn out displays of quickly portrayed character development
The third act gets much better to offset, but again very quick, needed more action and conflict to offset the slow pace.

A Little too progressive at times

Takes some political components into the mix and sort of makes it the focus, contributing to the slow pace
There will be some character moments that are a bit too millennial and drama oriented that some will not enjoy, can't say much without ruining things.
Leads to some overacted moments.

A bit too forceful in acting

The characters are a bit too overdone at times, the progressive themes forcing them to act a bit too cliché in drama moments
Illyana was the one whose tough attitude got a bit in the way, though several others have flaws greatly over exaggerated

Powers Come a Bit too late

Again I like my movies about mutants to have some better displays of power used in the super power way

-This way was more drama focused and horror than the usual superhero part. Unique yes, but the slow none the same and a bit too bland.

Addressing the deep roots a bit too easy and rushed

The strong character moments get rushed for most to overcome their weakness, randomly finding strength to defat their demons
Outside of one girl's struggles, the others surprisingly are less impressive and more shoved to the background, the constant struggle of multiple characters
Needed to keep to the horror elements at the end to really bring the character out instead of jumping into the overdramatic action part.

Illyana a bit too much for me

Understand she is supposed to be the overzealous one, but still a bit too much for me
The in your face, rogue element has its place, but often forces too much for my like that it gets in the way of progressing the character
Has the coolest looking power, but at the end drowned out by jokes and drama to really get the full effect.

SUMMARY:

After two long years I had my doubts about the movie having any sort of quality. However, the movie had some enjoyable components and was more put together in terms of the themes it was trying to deliver. Like Teen Wolf meets the Breakfast Club, the rogue like drama of this film manages to keep much of its characters interacting to make a heck of a drama. Some elements of the horror really are executed well and had they focused more on this element, we could have gotten one heck of a thrill ride. Sadly for me, the drama elements get in the way with a rushed plot, leading to overdone, in your face moments, rapid development for many of the characters, and some pacing issues that I hope to have settled in my comic movies. Still if you like drama/horror movies with a bit of a super hero flair, then check this one out, otherwise hold out for the bigger releases coming in a few weeks.

My scores are:

Action/Horror/Sci-Fi: 7.0

Movie Overall: 6.5.

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