X-Men: Apocalypse
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.
- 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
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksBryan Singer follows Matthew Vaughn’s excellent First Class and his own superb Days of Future Past with the disappointing Apocalypse. It’s not a bewildering Batman V Superman kind of disappointment. It’s the kind that’s felt when a sequel sidelines every great thing the franchise has built towards in favour of a dull and dour plot surrounding a bad guy who looks like he should be chasing the Power Rangers.
Probably the worst of Singer's X Men attempts, like in the case of Civil War, feels like the bridge between the last films and the next. Great introduction of Sophie Turner's Jean Grey and another brilliant Quicksilver scene made up for a story that is building but didn't go too far in this edition. Still worth a watch.
Great closing of the trilogy
I enjoyed this film, I wish I could give it another half star because I feel it should sit around 7/10. It had amazing action sequences and the direction was good for the most part. The villain was good and I was a little worried going in but Isaac who is fast becoming a big time movie star did a good job portraying this god like figure.The ending I was a...
Variety
pressAlthough the X-Men ensembles are usually large, there are simply too many characters for the action-heavy “Apocalypse” to properly juggle.
Total Film
pressThe biggest X-Men movie yet doesn’t scrimp on carnage, but lacks the heft of Singer’s previous instalments.
The Telegraph
pressBetter than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but not by an awful lot...
The Guardian
pressCertainly 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...
Stuff
pressIt 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.
Hollywood Reporter
pressDespite the undeniable presence of a huge amount of action, X-Men: Apocalypse is decidedly a case of more is less...
Empire Magazine
pressMessier 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.
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksBryan Singer follows Matthew Vaughn’s excellent First Class and his own superb Days of Future Past with the disappointing Apocalypse. It’s not a bewildering Batman V Superman kind of disappointment. It’s the kind that’s felt when a sequel sidelines every great thing the franchise has built towards in favour of a dull and dour plot surrounding a bad guy who looks like he should be chasing the Power Rangers.
Variety
pressAlthough the X-Men ensembles are usually large, there are simply too many characters for the action-heavy “Apocalypse” to properly juggle.
Total Film
pressThe biggest X-Men movie yet doesn’t scrimp on carnage, but lacks the heft of Singer’s previous instalments.
The Telegraph
pressBetter than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but not by an awful lot...
The Guardian
pressCertainly 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...
Stuff
pressIt 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.
Hollywood Reporter
pressDespite the undeniable presence of a huge amount of action, X-Men: Apocalypse is decidedly a case of more is less...
Empire Magazine
pressMessier 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.
Probably the worst of Singer's X Men attempts, like in the case of Civil War, feels like the bridge between the last films and the next. Great introduction of Sophie Turner's Jean Grey and another brilliant Quicksilver scene made up for a story that is building but didn't go too far in this edition. Still worth a watch.
Great closing of the trilogy
I enjoyed this film, I wish I could give it another half star because I feel it should sit around 7/10. It had amazing action sequences and the direction was good for the most part. The villain was good and I was a little worried going in but Isaac who is fast becoming a big time movie star did a good job portraying this god like figure.The ending I was a...
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