Stay-At-Home Theater: THE NEW MUTANTS on HBO. The trailer is actually
scarier than the actual film. Billed as a horror thriller, I guess that was the
director's intention. But, I was expecting a good compelling story with a new
crop of young mutants for Professor Xavier to mold and shape. That's the story I
remember from the comics.
Instead, the five budding mutants are confined to a school/prison with a
headmaster preparing them for advancement to . . . Professor Xavier's school?
Nope. A corporation is funding the training/experimentation.
I did not feel close to any of these characters. The acting is competent, but wooden
in places. Disappointing. TWO AND ONE-HALF STARS.
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