It seemed a great idea when Josh Boone wanted to do something different with the cinematic X-Men world, and even better with the intention of given it a horror twist, but this much-delayed movie (even before Covid closed cinemas in Spring 2020) proves underwhelming. Five underwritten and quite uninteresting teenage 'Mutants' with emerging and potentially dangerous powers are incarcerated in a shady facility with a blandly villainous doctor in charge and are saddled with a dull script and a blindingly laboured and well-signposted story. The horror elements are anaemic, and there is an evident lack of scale and scope on screen, reflected in a drab and very grey mise-en-scene reminiscent of Josh Trank's disappointing reimagining of Fantastic Four. One jolting mid-point scene really crackles with potential, but as for the rest the relentless dullness makes what could have been an exciting prospect a real test of patience.
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