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

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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:

Dean Zimmerman

Maryann Brandon

Composer:

Roger Suen

Director:

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Supporting Actress:

Mandy Moore

Gwendoline Christie

Golden Brooks

Costume Designer:

Leesa Evans

Mary Claire Hannan

Art Director:

Kiel Gookin

First Assistant Director:

Jeff Hubbard

HH Cooper

Second Assistant Director:

Kristen Ploucha

Megan Schmidt

Director of Photography:

Paul Hughen

Kramer Morgenthau

Stunt Director:

Jennifer Cocker

Stephen Conroy

Nick Benseman

Executive Producer:

Dan Cohen

Associate Producer:

Jennifer Teves

Second Unit Director:

Jack Gill

Casting Director:

Chase Paris

Tara Feldstein

John Papsidera

Animator:

Glenn Bundesmann

Still Photographer:

Kelly A Cook

Sound Effects Editor:

Katie Halliday

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Will Files

Assistant Editor:

Katheryn Naranjo

Michael Goldberg

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

Aida Scuffle

Chawana Jones

Hair Stylist:

Michealle Vanderpool

Liz Ferguson

Lance Aldredge

Tonya Cryer

Post Production Supervisor:

Michealle Vanderpool

Lily Gwyer-Miller

Katherine M Shafer

Special Effects Coordinator:

Troy French

Sonny Pahoa

Michael Lantieri

Darrell Burgess

David Pahoa

Special Effects Technician:

Dylan Kennedy

Mark Hava

Stunt Coordinator:

Jack Gill

Stunt Performer:

Emily Brobst

Jacob Hugghins

Jalil Jay Lynch

Reece Fleetwood

Shai Debroux

Stunt Double:

Brionna Maria Lynch

Jess Durham

John Dixon

Miles Brew

Visual Effects Coordinator:

Kallan Treadwell

Antoine Cosset

Digital Compositor:

Bryan Haines

Joshua Young

Erik Pain

Karla Vazquez Ch

Gabe Souza

Riley Gray

Compositor:

Alexander Greenberg

Jack Van Nuis

Teddy Cheong

Daniel Chunghwan Lee

Visual Effects Artist:

Sheryll Mai Flores

Carl Forsell

Camera Operator:

Jeff Crumbley

Greg Faysash

Set Dresser:

Breanne Grover

Scott Autry

Jon Gill

Beth Gleason

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:

Jordan Britt

Mark O Brien

Lyric Jefferson

Lydia Jewett

Lidya Jewett

Larkin Campbell

Kinsey Kunkel

Kassidy Slaughter

Kara Brooke

Kami King

Jordan Price

Jordan Elizabeth Kennedy

Mary Murdock

Melissa Collazo

Meredith Grace Dabney

Tyler Stormant

Tegan Jones

Skylan Brooks

Sierra D Jones

Shannon Mosley

Sammi Rotibi

Rae Jordan

Peyton Wich

Patrick Gibson

Morgan Marie

Morgan Gao

Miya Cech

Wallace Langham

John Crow

Claire McReynolds

Channing O Halloran

Catherine Dyer

Camden Haydon

Bradley Whitford

Bob Gilliam

Berglind Jonsdottir

Audrey Hope

Ashley Windham

Anna Stevenson

Allie McCulloch

Harris Dickinson

Deja Dee

Ella Myers

Jacob Evans

Izabella Dzmitryieu

Ivylyn Nickel

Isabella Holcomb

Isabella Goodwin

Holden River Dunlap

Heaven Hightower

Hannah Grayce

Grace DeAmicis

Gabe Bowles

Ethan Stormant

Emma Faith

Amandla Stenberg

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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.