(Spoiler Alert) Movie Review: X-Men Apocalypse

Newest Review is LIVE!!! It's time for yet another X-men Movie

Hello All,

    Another month, another superhero movie. This time, it’s the other side of the Marvel universe, The X-Men. If you’ve been able to keep up with the story so far, you’ll know that in the previous film they changed the timeline, allowing them now to rewrite the history of the X-Men to fit the new cannon. We’ve seen an example of this already with the very well done Deadpool, now it’s time to see how well they establish the past. For this one they took another classic from the comics, the Villain known as Apocalypse (although they never call him that in the film.) So how does this film hold up with the other films, and will it help cement the X-Men as a movie force to be reckoned with? Let’s find out together shall we?

Plot Summary - Taking place ten years after the events of Days of Future Past, the X-Men now find themselves apart all across the world. However, when an ancient mutant resurrects himself and begins to conquer the world, the team must reunite, and with new students at their side, save the world.

Pros - The cast is great as always in these roles, especially the newcomers who play the characters their own way and do quite well with them. The action scenes, and the visuals are also awesome as well. You get to see a lot of powers on display as well, both new and old for the series. They even manage to give quicksilver even more awesome scenes.

Cons - The biggest problem in this movie by far, is the 1h 30m of build up, in a 2h 30m movie. That’s more than half the movie, setting it up. The worst part? There is so much goddamn padding in these scenes as well. Wolverine is in the fucking movie for all of 5 minutes. He doesn’t even talk. When they story finally gets into gear, the ending is so goddamn predictable you can see it from fucking space.

Final Score - 4/10

If you can slog through the first 90 minutes, there is value to be found in the remainder, even if it’s few and far between. To answer this now, I’d rather watch this over BVS again.

Next: Alice Through The Looking Glass - Yeah, I’m going to skip neighbours 2. I just can’t do it to myself.

So, the Thursday night reviews might be posted really late for the next little while, and I apologize. They are posted for me automatically, so hopefully you guys are reading this.

Links:

Last Review is Here: If you think this film made me angry, you should read the last review here.

Twitter Account is Here: You’ll get notices when the reviews are live as soon as I post them, plus any trailers, movie news, or updates on when I stream on Twitch. I’m always looking for new followers, and with more followers means more ways for you guys to contribute.

NEW!!! Suggestion Box is Here: Are you sick of gaps in my posts? Why not suggest a film or film series for me to watch? Suggestions will be completed in order received, and if you’d like to leave your name for a suggestion credit and anything you’d like me to promote (within reason) I’d be happy to do that too. This suggestion box will be a permanent fixture of the blog, as again I’d love any and all help you guys want to offer.

Twitch Channel is Here: I’ll admit, I don’t quite have a regular streaming schedule worked out, but if you follow either the Twitter account or the channel directly you will be notified whenever I go live.

Until next time, I’ll see you folks at the movies.