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The Darkest Minds Movie Review

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Review for the film " The Darkest Minds"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 45 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 2018

Genre: Thriller

Similar To: Ballerina (2024), Them That Follow, The Man With The Iron Heart, Zombies Vs. Robots

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CAST & CREW

Bradley Whitford

Sammi Rotibi

Wallace Langham

Jack Gill

Golden Brooks

Gwendoline Christie

Mandy Moore

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Shawn Levy

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Producer:

Dan Levine

Shawn Levy

Music Director:

Benjamin Wallfisch

Editor:

Maryann Brandon

Dean Zimmerman

Composer:

Roger Suen

Director:

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Supporting Actress:

Golden Brooks

Gwendoline Christie

Mandy Moore

Costume Designer:

Mary Claire Hannan

Leesa Evans

Art Director:

Kiel Gookin

First Assistant Director:

Jeff Hubbard

HH Cooper

Second Assistant Director:

Kristen Ploucha

Megan Schmidt

Director of Photography:

Kramer Morgenthau

Paul Hughen

Stunt Director:

Stephen Conroy

Nick Benseman

Jennifer Cocker

Executive Producer:

Dan Cohen

Associate Producer:

Jennifer Teves

Second Unit Director:

Jack Gill

Casting Director:

Tara Feldstein

John Papsidera

Chase Paris

Animator:

Glenn Bundesmann

Still Photographer:

Kelly A Cook

Sound Effects Editor:

Katie Halliday

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Will Files

Assistant Editor:

Michael Goldberg

Katheryn Naranjo

Heather Taylor

Screenplay Writer:

Chad Hodge

Gaffer:

Anthony Spike Simms

Foley Artist:

Steve Baine

Production Designer:

Russell Barnes

Set Decorator:

Frank Galline

Storyboard Artist:

Thomas A Nelson

Casting Associate:

Caitlin Well

Kim Winther

Costume Assistant:

Grey Cardenas

Location Manager:

Kyle Hinshaw

Makeup Artist:

Ellen Arden

Chawana Jones

Aida Scuffle

Hair Stylist:

Lance Aldredge

Tonya Cryer

Michealle Vanderpool

Liz Ferguson

Post Production Supervisor:

Katherine M Shafer

Michealle Vanderpool

Lily Gwyer-Miller

Special Effects Coordinator:

David Pahoa

Darrell Burgess

Troy French

Sonny Pahoa

Michael Lantieri

Special Effects Technician:

Dylan Kennedy

Mark Hava

Stunt Coordinator:

Jack Gill

Stunt Performer:

Reece Fleetwood

Jalil Jay Lynch

Jacob Hugghins

Emily Brobst

Shai Debroux

Stunt Double:

Miles Brew

John Dixon

Jess Durham

Brionna Maria Lynch

Visual Effects Coordinator:

Kallan Treadwell

Antoine Cosset

Digital Compositor:

Bryan Haines

Karla Vazquez Ch

Joshua Young

Gabe Souza

Erik Pain

Riley Gray

Compositor:

Alexander Greenberg

Teddy Cheong

Jack Van Nuis

Daniel Chunghwan Lee

Visual Effects Artist:

Sheryll Mai Flores

Carl Forsell

Camera Operator:

Jeff Crumbley

Greg Faysash

Set Dresser:

Beth Gleason

Scott Autry

Jon Gill

Breanne Grover

Sound Mixer:

Mary H Ellis

Boom Operator:

James Peterson

Lighting Technician:

Brian Adams

Production Supervisor:

Jennifer Teves

First Assistant Editor:

Jane Tones

Costume Supervisor:

Dana Kay Hart

Camera Assistant:

John Rex Woodward

Production Assistant:

Abhijitsinh Gohil

Music Coordinator:

Rachel Lautzenheiser

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Suzanne Yavuz

Supporting Actor:

Izabella Dzmitryieu

Patrick Gibson

Sierra D Jones

Amandla Stenberg

Ashley Windham

Jacob Evans

Camden Haydon

Jordan Price

Deja Dee

Kinsey Kunkel

Gabe Bowles

Wallace Langham

Lyric Jefferson

Holden River Dunlap

Meredith Grace Dabney

Morgan Marie

Shannon Mosley

Tyler Stormant

Anna Stevenson

Bob Gilliam

Jordan Elizabeth Kennedy

Claire McReynolds

Kassidy Slaughter

Ethan Stormant

Bradley Whitford

Lydia Jewett

Heaven Hightower

Melissa Collazo

Ivylyn Nickel

Morgan Gao

Rae Jordan

Tegan Jones

Allie McCulloch

Berglind Jonsdottir

Jordan Britt

Channing O Halloran

Sammi Rotibi

Kara Brooke

Emma Faith

Lidya Jewett

Hannah Grayce

Mary Murdock

Isabella Holcomb

Miya Cech

Peyton Wich

Skylan Brooks

Harris Dickinson

Audrey Hope

John Crow

Catherine Dyer

Kami King

Ella Myers

Larkin Campbell

Grace DeAmicis

Mark O Brien

Isabella Goodwin

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Plot

The film is set in a dystopian world where a sudden rare non explained disease has managed to kill over 98% of children and young people in the United States of America, the rest 2% that somehow survived, have developed a kind of mutation or superpowers. Adults are the only ones remaining and after the recent development of superpowers, the adults fear everybody under the age of 18 and have therefore declared everyone under the age of 28 as a threat and have locked the kids up in camps with no outside contact. Ruby, is 16-year-old and is our protagonist. She escapes the camp where she is being held up in. She is then joined by a group of teenagers who are also running away from these government camps. Now ruby along with others must fight for survival even if it means losing themselves in the process.

Star Performance

The cast of this movie is seemingly new to the industry except for the lovely Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh Moore was born on 10th of April in Ne >> Read More... , she has portrayed the little of her character with utmost charm and dedication.

Analysis

The last time somebody managed to make this bad of a YA dystopian movie stray so far from the original books, we got the Percy Jackson movies, which were still a decent watch. The movie is simply the worst movie I have come across in a long time, the cringe-acting, the predictable dialogues, and the unbearable development of the storyline are just a few of many things that make me want to throw a shoe at the screen when this movie comes on. The producers were most probably not even thinking about what they were doing creating this. There is no character development, the movie is just continuously running it seems, without any time gaps to focus on the storyline or any characters. The acting is as bad as it can get with this joke of a storyline.

What’s There

Nothing but flaws and disappointment in this movie.

What’s Not There

The list could go on and on. There is no consistent and solid storyline, no character development, there is bad cinematography, and just overall the worst execution of the resources.

Verdict

Hands down the biggest disappointment, watching it was painful enough to ever recommend anybody else to watch it.