The Darkest Minds. Cert 12. Sci-fi from the makers of Stranger Things and Arrival. If you like The Hunger Games, Divergent, Chronicle, X-Men, Maze Runner, Midnight Special, The Girl With All The Gifts, The Giver, Percy Jackson, Ready Player One, Tomorrowland, Kin, The Goonies, ET, A Wrinkle In Time, Tomorrow When The War Began, The Quiet Hour, The 5th Wave then this is the film for you. Good soundtrack. Talented cast of actors. A mysterious virus takes hold of America. Kills most of the children. I assume that it grants the surviving ones special powers. The protagonist Ruby is a young black girl. Her powers make her parents lose all memory of her. She like most of the special kids are sent to the camps. She is now a teenager and a few shades lighter. She will meet others like her on her travels. She has Jedi powers. I expected some romance which is off putting. Liam is more like Magneto with his gifts. Zoom can harness electricity. Think Electro. Charles is super intelligent. You have a couple from The League. Also the soldiers from the camps are on the hunt. There is talk of a camp where the gifted can reside. Cool special effects. Mild swearing. Some violence. Amanda Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Harris Dickinson, Skylan Brooks, Miya Cech, Lidya Jewett. See IMDb for trivia and Amazon for reviews. Special features are included. The actor Patrick Gibson playing the President's son reminds me of Michael J Fox. It is worth checking out.
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