Hey guys, movie reviewer Deirdre Molumby with Entertainment.ie here
and today I’m giving a mini review for ‘The New Mutants’,
which is new in cinemas now.
 The movie is a spin-off from the ‘X-Men’ series as well as its thirteenth
and final instalment – that is unless Disney, who now own the franchise under
their acquisition of Fox, decide to revisit it, which they probably will,
especially if Deadpool has anything to do with it.
Sh*t...Did I leave the stove on?
The New Mutants are all-new characters that fans of the movie series
won’t have met before. There’s Dani, a Native American mutant with
undisclosed powers, Rahne, played by ‘Game of Thrones’ star Maisie Williams,
who can turn into a wolf, and rising star Anya Taylor-Joy
who plays Illyana, a Russian mutant sorceress.
‘Stranger Things’ star Charlie Heaton is also in there while Henry Zaga
plays Bobby but please don’t ask me to explain their powers
because honestly, I never really got them.
These five teenage mutants are being held in a facility against their will
to learn to control their powers and face their demons.
But, as tends to be the case with such films, something more sinister is afoot.
I don't think we're here to get better.
Now to give you a little context to the film’s release, 
‘The New Mutants’ was meant to be released as far back as April 2018 but kept
being delayed to the point that fans online were deeming it to be “cursed”.
If you’re wondering whether that means the movie feels outdated,
it absolutely does, and that’s not all that’s wrong.
The director of ‘The New Mutants’ is Josh Boone who previously proved
his strength with a YA cast delivering the phenomenal ‘The Fault in Our Stars’.
Maybe he should have stuck to romance rather than superhero epics
because it’s clear, he’s out of his depth here.
The movie lacks direction or ambition and doesn’t offer
anything you haven’t seen a hundred times before.
You may recall such features as ‘The Breakfast Club’ or ‘Misery’
watching it, but such references feel hollow and purposeless.
Maisie Williams is probably the standout, even if her Scottish accent
can be questionable, but Anya Taylor-Joy, who delivered phenomenal
performances in the likes of ‘The Witch’ and ‘Split’, is appalling.
Her Russian accent is embarrassing and her powers look like
something out of an ‘80s superhero TV series.
So yeah, all the bad things you’ve heard about ‘The New Mutants’ are true.
The one upside is it’s not as bad as ‘X-Men’ installments
‘The Last Stand’ or ‘Dark Phoenix’. Our final score – 2 out of 5 stars.
