The X-Men movie New Mutants deserved a better reception, and a better reputation

The X-Men movie New Mutants deserved a better reception, and a better reputation

The Fox X-Men film series was no stranger to wild swings in quality. Two of the seminal 21st-century superhero films, X-Men and X2, were followed up by the complete duds X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. (Wild swings in quality may be an understatement.) The franchise petered out by the late 2010s, largely due to lackluster films (pray you’re never forced to sit through X-Men: Dark Phoenix) and a waning interest from an audienc…