The New Mutants (2020)
Oh, what could have been... See, this film was originally envisioned to be a horror flick but because the studio got cold feet extensive reshoots and reworkings tried to turn this into just a 'darker' Marvel product and because of this it of course fails on various fronts. It's a damn shame, because if you try you can see glimpses of what they were originally going for. No use crying over spilled milk, I guess. After something destroys her entire village, Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) wakes up in a hospital/asylum of sorts. She soon meets the apparently only staff member doctor Reyes (Alice Braga) who explains this is a home for mutants who still have to find out their powers. Right off the bat, you know something is off because there is no staff besides Reyes and there are only five kids there. Bizarre choice, but maybe the covid-pandemic is partly to blame for this choice at the time. This group of dysfunctional teens each carry their own problems with them and things becom...
