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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The New Mutants
2020
**½
Director: Josh Boone
Cast: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga

Five young mutants are held captive in a secret facility, allegedly so they can learn to control their powers, but they all seem to be haunted by what they fear the most. The story is based on a Marvel comic and the whole thing looks like the first part of a reboot, but thanks to poor box office returns, this is in fact the final release in the X-Men series. It's a teen horror movie rather than a superhero movie, which is fine if it wasn't such a formulaic and unremarkable representative of its genre.