X-Men: Apocalypse

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 X-Men: Apocalypse may not necessarily be the absolute best movie in the X-Men movie franchise, but it’s far from being a bad movie in my opinion. The movie is incredibly-acted for the most part. Michael Fassbender as Magneto feels as though he has progressed the most. This is a man who has tried to run from his past, but is stripped of nearly everything he loves. Oscar Isaac plays En-Sabah-Nur (a.k.a. Apocalypse) with just the right level of coldheartedness and faux fatherly love. Franchise newcomer Alexandra Shipp portrays an Ororo Monroe that feels much closer to her comic book counterpart. Sophie Turner also proves herself to be a solid Jean Grey. Although, I’ll admit I did like the idea of her casting pretty much from the get-go. This movie went by in a blink for me, never once feeling like its 2 hour and 20 minute runtime. I started out liking this movie, and felt as though it just kind of got better as it went on. Once again, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender have fantastic chemistry. On the more negative side, I feel as though the character of Mystique has kind of regressed in this one. She feels as though she has go through her First Class storyline of accepting her natural blue form. Jennifer Lawrence does still do a decent job in the role. The action scenes are all good. Honestly, I feel like Apocalypse really does push itself with the PG-13 rating giving some fairly gruesome and visceral moments that a movie like this wouldn’t normally have. Does this movie reach the level that I felt First Class and Days of Future Past did? No. It is the weakest of the prequel trilogy, due mostly to certain character regressions and small storyline inconstancies within the trilogy. 

8 / 10