X-Men: Days of Future Past
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May 27, 2016 · “X-Men: Apocalypse” should be a corrective measure, considering its ensemble allows for the opportunity to focus on popular female and people-of-color characters. Instead, it magnifies all the worst issues of the genre, serving up a story that would have felt dated five years ago.
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As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying...
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- Bryan Singer
- PG-13
- James Mcavoy
- The old make way for the new in a fun but lightweight sequel.
- Verdict
By Daniel Krupa
Updated: Nov 5, 2018 7:22 pm
Posted: May 9, 2016 9:00 pm
The year is 1983 and Charles Xavier, wearing a fetching mauve sweater and looking as if he’s been watching too much Miami Vice, is busy tutoring a new generation of gifted children. And that’s what X-Men: Apocalypse is really all about – building for the future, ensuring several more X-Men movies can be made. Approached squarely on those terms, it’s a lot of fun, and new cast are likeable and take well to their iconic roles. But if you’re expecting a more direct continuation of First Class and Days of Future Past, like I was, you might be a touch disappointed.
A decade has passed since we last saw Xavier, Magneto, and the rest. For some little has changed in that time. Xavier and Beast are taking in and teaching more gifted kids who can't find a place within society. Meanwhile, Magneto has begun a new life under an assumed identity. But this peace is shattered when an ancient force – Apocalypse, who many believe to be the world's first mutant – awakens and wishes to destroy the world. After the time-travelling convolutions of Days of Future Past, Apocalypse is refreshingly simple and straightforward. But this simplicity of plot also extends elsewhere, as the depth and complexity of DOFP and First Class is stripped away.
Both of those movies invested considerable time in establishing and elaborating a few key relationships. At the centre of it all, of course, was the problematic friendship of Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender), but the pair barely share a scene together here. That fascinating relationship, which so neatly condenses the wider mutant predicament, is put on hold, and as a result the movie inevitably loses some of its emotional weight and complexity.
As a conclusion to a trilogy, Apocalypse falls somewhat short. It marginalises key relationships in favour of establishing new ones, and lacks the depth and distinctive historical flavour of its immediate predecessors. But taken as the next chapter in the series, Apocalypse is an undeniably fun and entertaining adventure and does a pretty good job ...
May 26, 2016 · Directed by Bryan Singer, “X-Men: Apocalypse,” the ninth film in the X-Men franchise, indeed hews hard to all the genre verities. Including, as its title more than implies, an...
- Bryan Singer
- Glenn Kenny
- 144 min
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May 27, 2016 · Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed 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 muta... Read More.
May 10, 2016 · Article. 'X-Men: Apocalypse': EW review. By. Chris Nashawaty. Published on May 9, 2016 09:04PM EDT. Photo: Alan Markfield. On paper, Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse is ostensibly about an...
