"After being delayed for more than two years, The New Mutants opened in theaters to fulfill Disney's contractual obligations and was largely received with derision by both critics and the few audience members who bothered to show up. While it may not be a lost masterpiece, it's hardly the atrocity that its reputation suggests, and there's no reason it shouldn't take its rightful place among the highly variable mutant movies made during this landmark period in superhero filmmaking."
"Although it's informed by the continuity established by 2000's X-Men and its follow-ups, The New Mutants also stands on its own, which remains a rarity for superhero movies. There are a handful of references to the X-Men, but anyone unfamiliar with those films can jump right in and appreciate The New Mutants as a coming-of-age horror movie with a slightly retro feel."
"The New Mutants is set primarily in a single location, an eerily empty and rundown institution that's the opposite of the shiny, high-tech Xavier Institute the X-Men enjoy. "This isn't a hospital - it's a cage," says rebellious teen mutant Illyana Rasputin (Anya Taylor-Joy) to new arrival Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt), who wakes up there after a tornado destroys the Cheyenne reservation where she and her family lived."
Deadpool & Wolverine's closing-credits montage of the 20th Century Fox Marvel era omits The New Mutants. Released five years ago, The New Mutants suffered long delays and a Disney acquisition that positioned it as an ignominious end for Fox's X-Men films. The film opened mostly to fulfill contractual obligations and met derision from critics and low audience turnout. The New Mutants functions as a coming-of-age horror that stands apart from typical superhero movies, offering a single-location, retro-feeling story about young mutants confined in a rundown institution. Characters confront captivity, trauma, and identity while Josh Boone seeks a different tone for the franchise.
Read at Inverse
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]