23 November 2014

Sunday Short Movie: What Happens When the Mutant Generation Reach a Certain Age?


It happens to us all, it is inevitable. The ravages of age catch us and it is our fate, often, to end our days in a care home. However, when you’re a mutant that doesn’t mean that your superpowers have completely deserted you.

When one group of Ex-Men find themselves together in a retirement community then it isn’t long before The Care Home Wars break out. Directed by Alec Birkbeck this is a gentle riposte to the overblown nature of many (most!) superhero films.  One couldn't even call this The Last Stand as, bless 'em, most of the Ex-Men here can't even do that...