Star Cast: James McAvoy, Michael
Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Sophie Turner, Rose Byrne, Channing Tatum, Evan
Peters, Nicholas Hout, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Munn
Rating: 3.0/5 (Adventure, 2h 25m)
Director: Bryan Singer
Story Plot:
After sleeping for nearly a millennium, the world's first
mutant Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) comes back to life. He is not at all pleased
with the turn of events over the last few centuries. Since he can switch bodies
and imbibe fresh powers, he decides to take things in his hands. As he builds
his army of four horsemen, Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) and his students are
faced with the cumbersome task of stopping the evil force that will end the
world as they know it.
Review:
The first hour of the movie is an awesome thrill. After
sleeping for nearly a millennium, the world's first mutant Apocalypse (Oscar
Isaac) comes back to life. He is utterly displeased with the turn of events
over the last few centuries. Since he can change bodies and imbibe fresh
powers, he decides to take things in his hands. As he builds his army of four
horsemen, Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) and his students are faced with the
cumbersome task of stopping the evil force that will end the world as they know
it. I’m also not convinced Apocalypse works as an isolated piece of
storytelling. Honestly, we’ve accepted the fact that the X-Men series won’t be
ending any time soon, so the least Singer could have done was to treat
Apocalypse as a stand-alone movie, and not just another in the assembly line.
It hurts the very foundations of the genre he helped build. Bryan Singer
returns to some of his old favourites: Holocaust imagery, allegory for LGBT
people, but it was done so much better in X-2 and First Class. The series was
always about the outcasts, the misfits, the ones beaten down. It’s unfortunate
then that Apocalypse spends so much of its time trying to fit in.
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