It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen the original, so I can’t entirely speak to the comparison between the two. The mutants seem a little more monstrous than I recall, which seems like a somewhat odd choice (given the overall unlikeability of the protagonists). It sort of seems like a film where you end up wanting to support the freaks, but the film never really gives you that out, so you end up watching a bunch of jerks trying to kill each other for a couple hours. Not entirely engrossing, but still contains some very nicely executed pieces.