New mutants, old horror movies-but no one doesn’t love Anya Taylor-Joy

Raphael 2022-01-04 08:02:22

From April 2018 to August 2020, after two and four months, several reshoots, "New Mutants", which was the first horror film in the series, was still a complete failure.

In the end, at a cost of 67 million U.S. dollars, it only received a shameful box office of 42 million , and, side by side with "Black Phoenix", it blew the worst suona sound for the 20th Century Fox "X-Men" series that has gone away in 20 years. .

I personally look forward to "The New Mutants" very much. Even if word of mouth has been nailed on the August board, I also expect it to become a carnival for fans of niche horror movies. But the result is just a question-why the story that has been revised many times is ridiculous and simple , why the character development has conflicts , and why the addition of so many elements is still old-fashioned.


The story of "The New Mutants" can be summed up in short, and knowing it will not affect the look and feel of the movie. The secret guest, sunspot, wolf poison, and shock wave were kept in a mysterious hospital, and the heroine Dany Yuexing was also sent to the hospital after being spared in a disaster.

In fact, this hospital is a secret agency owned by Mr. Evil, Nathaniel Essex’s Essex company, to find superhuman beings worth training, such as the secret guest. And Dany's superpower is to materialize and materialize the fear of others, which is difficult to control, and was finally decided to be executed.

The four of them worked together to fight against the demon bear that Dany had released due to the fainting. In the end, Dany awoke and calmed the demon bear. The five left the destroyed hospital.


The first is the simple and boring plot, the blunt and calm demon bear in the ending, and the useless plot of the previous large part, which makes the 98-minute movie look lengthy.

I was curious about why the movie deleted the villain, Mr. Fright, played by Jon Hamm, and replaced it with an ending similar to defeating Pennywise in "The Clown". One by one, he awakened himself and defeated the devil bear. It was so vulgar. NS.

Speaking of "Return to the Clown", and then talk about the horrible characters in the movie, in fact, only the secret guest nightmare materialized, those faceless people , but the funny thing is that these cannon fodder are only for abuse. Think of Pennywise, who was beaten stupid in "Return to the Clown", but if Pennywise was hit on the ground right after he came out, would it still be scary?

This has formed an extremely embarrassing and failed horror plot. In horror movies or ghost films such as "Most Ghost Street" and "Moonlight Panic", why do the audience feel the same tension and fear? Because the characters in the movie can't deal with murderers and evil spirits, nor can the audience, resulting in troubled empathy and even refreshment.

And "New Mutants" is precisely because the new mutants went wrong. The essence of the movie is a confined space, a dangerous and repressive hospital like a haunted house, but the secret guests are too powerful compared to the hospital and the dangerous elements set in it. Is Superman scared when he meets werewolves and murderers?

And several mutants, even more inexplicably unwilling to use superpowers to fight monsters, the cannon can smash all the monsters in one second, but they have to create a nonsense atmosphere of "We are going to die!"

In terms of power balance, "New Mutants" made the wrong choice.

Let all the horror people stay in the most old-fashioned and tacky jump scare moment , and then they are all super-powerful and disdainful and silly and silly, so that the fight against the devil bear bridge is simply a small " "X-Men", there is no word for terror.

Of course, the ending has nothing to do with horror, and there are also reasons for reshooting, which is also related to character development.

The character of Cannon was the first to have a sense of tearing and logical fragmentation. At first, Cannon said that he should stay in the hospital, and saw the scene of killing the miner and father at the time, but after listening to Dany’s words about fear His temperament changed drastically, and he decided to leave the hospital.

The turning point is blunt, underlaying, and the actors’ performance space is extremely limited, causing the logic of the character’s behavior to be broken, and it is suspected that there are remakes.

This part has also been changed

Regarding the scene where Danny spoke, the performance was also very awkward. In just ten minutes, the film style went from horror to youth comedy to warmth, and finally returned to the cold horror , which is incredible.

Why do youth horror movies discuss too many principles, add too many elements, and finally swallow the date, the horror is not enough and there is no refreshing, and the gain is not worth the loss. Does the director really make horror movies?

The characterization of sunspot and wolf poison is also quite empty. The whole movie leaves the only outstanding content and outstanding characters. The only ones that make me want to buy Blu-ray collection are the secret guest. They are charming when they are fragile, and they are wild and handsome when they are aggressive. If I only use 8 words to evaluate "New Variants" People", I would say: I love Anya Taylor-Joy.

In short, "New Mutants" failed to find a balance in the super power X horror element, and was half-feeling in the two major contents, and the script was also messed up. The prolonged reshoot led to some contradictory plots.

It can only be said that as a horror film lover, you can spend an hour and a half (still torturing). As a fan of Anya Taylor-Joy, I recommend that you specifically select her scenes for appreciation, which is exciting.

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Extended Reading
  • Kadin 2022-04-22 07:01:40

    Although the plot is a bit inexplicable, the horror elements are used very well.

  • Cara 2022-01-04 08:02:22

    Waiting for three years, moved by its simple narrative (it has disappeared in the current super-English movie sequence), please imagine a Flaubert work of Twilight + x male trilogy + golden compass + death by dawn

The New Mutants quotes

  • Rahne Sinclair: They aren't prepping us to be X-Men. They're prepping us to be killers.

  • Dr. Cecilia Reyes: All of us here have killed someone.