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The New Mutants

SCORE: 50

I was very curious about The New Mutants on DVD. I am thankful I had the money to purchase this mutant related movie. I vaguely remember The New Mutants in the comic books. They were never as cool as X-Force or X-Men. They were a younger mutant team. The New Mutants does a decent job representing the characters in this movie. It is Holly Weird so they have to redefine something. We even get a little different initial cast in this movie than the comic books.

The New Mutants features Wolfsbane, Magik, Mirage, Cannonball, and Sunspot. They are housed in a facility controlled by Dr Reyes. SPOILER ALERT! We find out in the end of The New Mutants that the facility is being controlled by the Essex corporation. The New Mutants starts us out in an Indian reservation where Mirage is running from the Demon Bear. This is related to her power and the religious beliefs she was raised with.

The plot within The New Mutants is so full of holes that it makes little to no sense. The issues families will have with The New Mutants are violence, blood, lack of attire, enticement to lust, partial nudity, bad language, sexual deviancy and more. Most of the teenagers in The New Mutants have a dark past where they murdered people with their powers by accident. There are plenty of flashbacks where they face the demons from their past.

The New Mutants has a really deep horror theme to it. Mirage does not realize at first she is giving everyone else in the compound nightmares. The doctor is also instructed to put Mirage down because she is too powerful. SPOILER ALERT! This leads to the doctor getting murdered in The New Mutants. I am still baffled she was left alone with all of these powerful other mutants.

I am so confused by Wolfsbane being a devout Catholic and exploring sexual deviancy in The New Mutants. It is like the writers have no clue how a true Christian acts and behaves. The New Mutants even explores suicide at one point. The Demon Bear leaves when Mirage passes out early in this movie, and then does not leave near the end of the movie. The New Mutants cannot even stay consistent with its own logic in the same movie.
- Paul

Graphics: 55%
Sounds: 55%
Replay/Extras: 50%
Gameplay: 50%
Family Friendly Factor: 40%

System: DVD
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Developer: Marvel Studios
Rating: ‘PG-13’ for Parents Strongly Cautioned
{for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material}