Revamping teen-witch movie The Craft for boys, this brash and empty horror film lacks magic. At an elite public school in the Massachusetts town of Ipswich, four teenagers (led by Sky High's Steven Strait) struggle to cope with supernatural powers handed down through their families since the days of the Salem witch-hunts. This plays like something brainstormed in a marketing meeting, with director Renny Harlin (Exorcist: the Beginning) desperately trying to appeal to the core demographic with a thrash-metal soundtrack, petulant teen angst, and some subversive humour ("Harry Potter can kiss my ass!"). He fails miserably, though, and most teenagers will probably be embarrassed on the film's behalf.

Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.