Run Time: 144 min
X-Men: Apocalypse is yet another 2016 comic book
movie and the ninth installment of the X-Men series. In fact, it joins Deadpool
as the second movie in franchise this year alone, completing a new trilogy
that includes 2011s First Class and 2014s Days of Future Past. Bryan
Singer returns once more to direct his fourth film in the series and the movie
hosts a star studded cast featuring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer
Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult and Oscar Isaac amongst others. The X-Men
series has certainly hit a few bumps in the road, particularly with 2006s The
Last Stand and the Wolverine spinoffs. That being said, I am still a big
fan of the franchise and the last couple of movies have been some of the best
to date. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to see what they would do with
this next chapter.
Taking place ten years after the timeline altering events
of Days of Future Past, the X-Men now must go up against the villainous
title character in their biggest challenge yet. Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) is the
very first as well as the most powerful mutant from the entire X-Men universe.
Since the ancient Egyptian days, he was seen as a god-like figure, expanding
his power by acquiring the abilities of many other mutants, including
invincibility and immortality. Now, he has reemerged in the world and it is up
to the X-Men to save humanity from his plans of complete extinction.
After reading some early critic reviews, I was slightly
disappointed by some mixed to negative feedback. To be completely honest, I
haven’t disagreed this much in a very long time. I really think that X-Men:
Apocalypse is an outstanding comic book movie and the best installment in
the now 16-year-old series. I did not find myself bored once during the lengthy
runtime, as this may very well be the most action packed chapter to date.
However, the film also did an amazing job of developing the plot and fleshing
out the many different characters featured in the movie. Everybody in the
all-star cast was on their A-game and the visual effects were better than ever.
There is a lot going on in this epic, fast paced plot, but Apocalypse is
truly an outstanding balance of exciting action and effective storytelling.
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