Variety
Although the X-Men ensembles are usually large, there are simply too many characters for the action-heavy “Apocalypse” to properly juggle.
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X-Men: Apocalypse 3D
Filmmaker Bryan Singer follows up his X-Men, X-Men 2 and Days of Future Past (as well as Matthew Vaughn’s First Class) with this all-encompassing entry to the Marvel mutant superhero franchise.
Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible - worshipped as a god. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world and recruits a team of mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), 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 (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind.
2016Rating: M, Violence,offensive language and content that may disturb144 minsUSA
ActionAdventureFantasyScience Fiction3DBlockbuster
- Director:
- Bryan Singer ('X-Men: Days of Future Past', 'Jack the Giant Slayer', 'X-Men 2', 'X-Men', 'The Usual Suspects')
- Writer:
- Michael DoughertyDan HarrisSimon KinbergBryan Singer
- Cast:
- Michael FassbenderJames McAvoyJennifer LawrenceEvan PetersRose ByrneOlivia MunnNicholas HoultOscar IsaacTye SheridanSophie TurnerKodi Smit-McPhee
X-Men: Apocalypse 3D / Reviews
Total Film
The biggest X-Men movie yet doesn’t scrimp on carnage, but lacks the heft of Singer’s previous instalments.
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The Guardian
Certainly provides bangs for your buck, although there is less space for the surreal strangeness of the X-Men to breathe, less dialogue interest, and they do not have the looser, wittier joy of the Avengers...
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Stuff
It lacks the swagger and ingenuity of Deadpool, or the gravitas and allegory potential of Captain America: Civil War, or even the last two X-outings.
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Hollywood Reporter
Despite the undeniable presence of a huge amount of action, X-Men: Apocalypse is decidedly a case of more is less...
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Empire Magazine
Messier and heavier than Days Of Future Past, this is not so much the next step in the X-Men’s evolution as a failed callback to past glories.
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