The trailer begins with what looks like the hallway of a hospital of some kind, a woman asking someone some questions. We then get a shot of a graveyard, but the graves have no names, only numbers. Yeah, I get the feeling this not the kind of hospital that helps people recover from illness.
We get a shot of Alice Braga as Cecilia Reyes talking to who I think is Blu Hunt as Mirage. She's taking a sample of Danielle's blood, while talking about how baby rattlesnakes are more dangerous than adult ones because they can't control how much venom they produce with a bite. We get a glimpse of the other members of the New Mutants: Sunspot, Magik, Wolfsbane, and Cannonball. I have to admit, Rahne and Illyana look dead on. Reyes then explains that the reason that these five young people are in this place is because they are dangerous.
Cannonball doesn't appear to have developed his protective blast field yet. You see, in the comics, when Cannonball uses his human rocket powers, his body generates a practically indestructible "blast field" that protects him from the effects of moving at such great speed. The field allows him to smash into things like his namesake without damaging himself.
Yeah, they should get that washing machine looked at.
And twisted version of Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
You'd think that with all the weirdness and scary stuff in this place, they would be all like, "Yeah screw this stuff, let's go find a non-creepy hospital.
I have to admit, when it comes to this trailer...it comes off really more as a standard horror film trailer. If Reyes didn't mention mutants in that one line, and that the film is titled "New Mutants", you would have no idea that there are superpowered people in this film. We don't really see any powers or costumes, and all that is part of the X-Men/New Mutants' appeal, the colorful costumes and cool powers. This feels like they're trying to lure in people who are not fans of superhero movies to watch this.
I'm not saying you couldn't do a film with these characters that has horror elements. Two words: Demon. Bear. I have heard the Demon Bear is the main antagonist of this movie, but we don't seem to get any hints towards this. It feels like an old-school horror film, which is what they are going for, but it gives the impression that it's going to be exactly that: A 1980s-style horror film with the New Mutants slapped in. This, combined with the whole controversy over Sunspot's casting, and my general apathy towards the X-Films...yeah, I might skip this one.
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