The third part of the X-Men reboot is set ten years later after 2014's Days of Future Past, 1983 to be exact and as the title suggests the world's about to end as one religious group was able to unleash the first mutant Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) after being betrayed and trapped underneath ancient Egypt. He consumes power from other mutants and is ready for world domination and to destroy humanity as a whole.
James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are both back reprising their roles as Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto respectively. The two hold their own in a movie filled with lots of characters that can get confusing at times but not like in the previous film with the old and the younger versions of the mutants join together. Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, perhaps due to her stature as one of the biggest Hollywood actresses is more of a heroine than a villain in the film - it works!! Nicholas Hoult (Beast) and Evan Peters (Quicksilver) are also here in the third installment.
Isaac always had the magnetic presence whether as the titular character in his breakout role in Inside Llewyn Davis and as the hero Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Unfortunately, he is covered with tons of make up as Apocalypse diminishing his star value and at some point the character looks like a typical villain in a bad sci-fi B movie.
X-Men: Apocalypse is one of the entertaining action packed films in the series. It does not top the greatness of 2011's X-Men: First Class which for me is the best in the franchise but it sure is worth the money and the time to enjoy
it on the big screen.
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