Review of movie The Darkest Minds

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Rating:2/5

In this adaptation of “The Darkest Minds,” a mysterious illness kills almost all of the children and brings out superpowers in others. The adults-in-charge panic, rounding up surviving kids and teens to be put into closely guarded internment camps. The children are then segregated by a color-coded rubric that looks almost exactly like the Homeland Security Advisory System. Those wearing green scrubs are the lowest threat level—they’re mostly just really smart kids. Blue-level children can manipulate matter; those wearing yellow work clothes have the ability to manipulate electricity. If you’re ever unsure of what a kid’s abilities are, their eyes will shine with their corresponding color when they use their power.