The Darkest Minds

Action, Adventure, Drama

When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven.

Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.

Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie
Produced by: Shawn Levy, Dan Levine
Screenplay by: Chad Hodge
Based on: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch
Cinematography: Kramer Morgenthau
Edited by: Maryann Brandon

Production company: 21 Laps Entertainment
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release date: August 3, 2018

Running time: 105 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

Cast

Amandla Stenberg as Ruby Daly: A teenager with the psionic ability to get into people's minds.
Lidya Jewett as Young Ruby
Mandy Moore as Cate: A doctor and member of a group fighting against the government.
Bradley Whitford as President Gray: Clancy's father.
Harris Dickinson as Liam Stewart: A teenager with telekinesis and Ruby's love interest.
Patrick Gibson as Clancy Gray: The president's son with psionic ability.
Skylan Brooks as Chubs: An african american teenager with super intelligence.
Miya Cech as Zu: A deaf Japanese teenage girl with electrokinesis.
Gwendoline Christie as Lady Jane: A bounty hunter known as a "Tracer".

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