The brand new series "The Institute" follows Luke Ellis—a 12-year-old genius who is kidnapped and awakens in The Institute, a facility full of children, all of whom possess unusual abilities.

A bit of “Minority Report,” a dash of “Stranger Things,” a lot of “The Shining,” and even a dollop of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” blend into a gray, bland soup in MGM+’s disappointing “The Institute,