2020 · sci-fi · horror
The New Mutants
Directed by Josh Boone1h 34m2020
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.
Our read: The New Mutants (2020) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
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