The Darkest Minds (2018)

Release date: 2018-08-03
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Production Co: 21 Laps Entertainment
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Science Fiction
Rating: 5.7/10
Length: 1h 44min

Storyline

After a disease killed 98% of children and young people in the United States, the 2% who managed to survive have developed superpowers, but have been locked in internment camps after being declared a threat. 16-year-old, Ruby, manages to escape from her camp and joins a group of teenagers fleeing government forces.

Plot Keywords

supernatural power, f rated, title written by female, mind control, telekinesis, mutation, surrealism, looking at oneself in a mirror, ambush, army, offscreen killing, burned alive, military base, walkie talkie, medical examination, dog, cornfield, american flag, child soldier, handcuffs

Short Review

To say the film suggests a mix of hazy political allegory and Henry Darger's outside-art classic The Story of the Vivian Girls is to make it sound more interesting than it really is.