Review of X-Men: Apocalypse
Revue of X-Men: Apocalypse
Release Date; May 19, 2016
Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Another installment in this Marvel blockbuster ensues about 10 years after X-Men: Days of Future Past. This time, Mutant and Mankind are faced with annihilation in the hands of a “god” called Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) who is bent on “cleansing” the earth. As with all gods who want to reign on earth, he recruits earthly minions (including Magneto) to help in his world domination.
In the trailer, Apocalypse is first introduced as “Yahweh” the very first mutant who has been in existence since the dawn of civilization. However, deep in the movie, his name is somehow changed to Elohim. Hmmm, is Marvel strying to ruffle a few feathers?. I did notice quite a number of people in the cinema (probably Christians) flinch when he introduced himself as such and I understand their unease. People are quite sensitive when it comes to religion.
Moving on. How many times will we forgive Magneto for going to the darkside? Somebody really needs to do something about this. Apparently, Charles Xavier can erase peoples memory so I suggest that he lobotomise Magneto before he does some serious damage. That fella is in the habit of going rogue and from this movie it seems his powers have no limits. Talking about limitless powers, I have always known that Jean Gray is quite a powerful mutant but danm, I didn’t know she had that much in her. We get a peek into the extent of her powers and O boy, twas outrageous!
Remember that scene from Days of Future Past where Quicksilver broke out Magneto and was so fast everyone seemed to be moving in slow mo? Well, the guys at Marvel thought to themselves “Dude, why don’t we do that scene again?” So they decided to do an extended version and it was awesome! ….and it happened to be the only highlight in the movie.
Look, I know this installment is to introduce the young mutants but the story and the delivery seemed kinda flat to me. It took over an hour for anything meaningful to happen by which time I was losing patience already.
For the first mutant who has been around since civilization, Apocalypse was kind of weak villain in all honesty. I really expected more from his character but was pretty disappointed with the way a bunch of kids took on him.
Maybe it’s because I am still recovering from Captain America: Civil War but this movie seems to fall short of my expectations. There is however space for character development in subsequent installments and I am sure it will rake in a wad of cash for Marvel. X-Men Apocalypse makes for good entertainment and earns a 5.8/10 rating on my awesome-o-meter.
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The Maveriq
D only xter dat had good scenes was magneto n quicksilver. D new xters like storm,angel and psylocke was abandoned in favor of mystique who is in d movie Bcos of d actress playing her
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