X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Written by: Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, & Dan Harris

Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, & Jennifer Lawrence






So this film is good; it wasn't amazing or anything, but overall entertaining enough.

The plot line is cohesive and clear.  The first mutant, En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), wakes up from a long sleep to see that the world is ruled by humans rather than mutants.  Enraged, he finds four mutants who he can make into the four horsemen of the apocalypse: War, Death, Famine, and Pestilence.  (Although it's unclear which is which.)  In an effort to connect to the world and control all the mutants, they kidnap Professor Charles Xavier (McAvoy).  The X-Men get together to save the Professor as well as the world.  Yadda, yadda, yadda...

It's basically the same as the other films just a different problem to overcome and fight.  I don't know if it is me, or the stupid people talking behind me, but I just thought the film was okay.  Like I said, it wasn't amazing or blew me away or anything.

I did like though the new characters that they put in.  Well maybe not new new, but you know, like Jean Gray (Sophie Turner), Scott Summers/Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Orono Munroe/Storm (Alexandra Shipp), and Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee).  It was interesting to see how they all came together and the romantic tensions that arise between Scott and Jean as well as with Raven/Mystique (Lawrence) and Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult).

Of course the action is amazing with the explosions, destroying of buildings, the powers, etc...  The acting is well enough as well.  I didn't notice any technical mistakes.  But it just seems like this film isn't as good as the previous two.  Plus it's starting to get annoying with the continuity problems such as with Angel, Nightcrawler, and more.

Is this the end for X-Men?  Probably not.   I read this article that has a good point of what they can do with the franchise from now on.  You can see it here.  Anyway, it's going to be 3 popcorns.  It is good, but not as good as Days of Future Past and First Class, which in my opinion are 4 popcorns each.

Oh, and of course, stay till the end of the credits.  If you have a question about the end, leave a comment or you can Google it.