X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (2016 Movie)
CREATOR: Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg
DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer
STARRING: Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Sophie Turner.
STORY: Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amasses the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven/Mystique with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
10-WORD REVIEW: Great effects, Beautiful acting, careful storytelling and then absolutely NOTHING!
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Trust me, there’s nothing wrong with the way Marvel’s X-Men franchise rolls, its worked for it all this while. But a little tweaks here and there would have been great.
Each movie feels like a remake of the last, only with a different psychopath wanting to change the order of things.
Humour-wise, I was fulfilled. (Thanks to Quicksilver), Battle-Wise, I was blown away (good job to all the cast members) there was just enough drama in there to keep the drama queens smiling, the score was actually impressive, Apocalypse was a WORTHY opponent…
I will admit, Jennifer Lawrence (Raven) was not used to her full potential.. Even my baby -Sophie Turner had more presence than her on-screen. James McAoy (Dr. X) and Michael Fassbender (Magneto) on the other hand – were GOLD!
But what the hell was that with the whole ‘wolverine’ ish?
I mean, no offence BUT it would have been much better without the whole Wolverine scene, if you ask me – they should have given the mutant a more involved role instead of that ‘obvious’ cameo.
Like I said before, this had all the features of a regular X-Men movie, and that was kinda the problem!
SCORE – 5.7/10
GRADE: C-
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