X-Men 3D: Dark Phoenix
Longtime X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg directs his own screenplay in the final instalment of the current X-Men franchise.
When Jean Grey's personality is corrupted and her powers are amplified after coming into contact with a cosmic entity known as the Phoenix, the rest of the X-Men must decide if the life of the woman they cherish is worth the existence of the entire universe.
Reviews & comments
Vanity Fair
pressThe movie is so eager to get itself over with that its title anti-heroine even seems an afterthought.
Total Film
pressDespite mostly sparky cast-work, the Phoenix never quite rises as hoped in Kinberg's affectionate but often perfunctory X-Men send-off.
Time Out
pressIt's not nearly as good as 'Logan' or 'X2', but it's a whole lot better than the eyeball-poking affliction that was 'X-Men: Apocalypse'.
The Guardian
pressThe point of a phoenix, dark or otherwise, is that it rises from the flames. But these are the flames in which this franchise has finally gone down.
Stuff
pressAfter the heights of Logan, this Phoenix really gives off the feeling of a franchise that has truly crashed and burned.
Los Angeles Times
pressNot even Turner, with her radiant screen presence and her ability to make strength and vulnerability seem indistinguishable, can ultimately save "Dark Phoenix" from its own failures of imagination.
FilmInk
pressIf this is indeed the final X-Men film, the series has gone out with a whimper...
Empire Magazine
pressBetter than Last Stand or Apocalypse but never hitting the heights of X2, Dark Phoenix thrives when its heroes are front and centre. If this is the end, it's a solid rather than spectacular goodbye.
Vanity Fair
pressThe movie is so eager to get itself over with that its title anti-heroine even seems an afterthought.
Total Film
pressDespite mostly sparky cast-work, the Phoenix never quite rises as hoped in Kinberg's affectionate but often perfunctory X-Men send-off.
Time Out
pressIt's not nearly as good as 'Logan' or 'X2', but it's a whole lot better than the eyeball-poking affliction that was 'X-Men: Apocalypse'.
The Guardian
pressThe point of a phoenix, dark or otherwise, is that it rises from the flames. But these are the flames in which this franchise has finally gone down.
Stuff
pressAfter the heights of Logan, this Phoenix really gives off the feeling of a franchise that has truly crashed and burned.
Los Angeles Times
pressNot even Turner, with her radiant screen presence and her ability to make strength and vulnerability seem indistinguishable, can ultimately save "Dark Phoenix" from its own failures of imagination.
FilmInk
pressIf this is indeed the final X-Men film, the series has gone out with a whimper...
Empire Magazine
pressBetter than Last Stand or Apocalypse but never hitting the heights of X2, Dark Phoenix thrives when its heroes are front and centre. If this is the end, it's a solid rather than spectacular goodbye.
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