Well, it really does seem Marvel is on a roll this year. Bryan Singer gets a lot of things right again in the third installment of the new alternate timeline trinity. (Sequel to Days of Future Past and First Class) Apocalypse, played by Oscar Issac is the first mutant ever. He didn't have a robotic face or structure like in comics, but a lot of CGI effects were used to make him look as villainous as possible.(Still turned out to be bad) Apocalypse of X-Men is kind of equivalent to Darkseid of JL, or Thanos of Avengers.
Like the Bible, Apocalypse had four horsemen. Not the usual Famine, War, Pesitilence or Death this time, but they used the four pillars of a cult leader : Military (Angel), Politics (Magneto), Sex (Psylocke), Youth (Storm). Loved the opening shot of the movie, they used history pretty well. Also, the X Men tune, which after so many films, we automatically start humming..
Wolverine's extended cameo as Weapon X was outstanding. We see him going all berserk, like the comics, even look wise, it was extraordinarily accurate. This origin scene was much better than whole of Wolverine : Origins movie. Makes us wonder, how good will be the R rated movie of his, with all the berserker rage violence especially after success of Deadpool. Hugh Jackman has literally taken X Men franchise forward, can't see anyone else playing Wolverine now.
Probably the world hates JLaw as Mystique but she does justice in this one as an actress. Though again, we see more of her than Mystique which is not what we signed for. Mystique isn't supposed to be a hero, guys. Learn.
Charles Xaviers (James McAvoy) gets bald finally. (And yes, timelines are not confusing, Bryan Singer erased every bad thing) He was supposed to be one of the horsemen previously like in comics, until Singer found a fan art piece on internet of Olivia Munn as Psylocke, who has lived up to the role. Loved Micheal Fassbender as Magneto again, probably doing a better job at it than Ian Mckellen. We see more depth to his character, and see the rage and anger which makes him stronger and completely different from Eric.
But, the person who stole the show again, is his son, Quicksilver. Fox is using Quicksilver better than Marvel did. Evan Peters has another slow motion sequence which probably beats the previous one. Beast and Havok are just as good as First Class. Angel, later Archangel is awesome too.
The new kids : (Yes, 80's timeline) Storm, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Jean Grey seemed great. Sophie Tudan as Cyclops finally got a comic accurate visor and finally became a hero that X-Men movies and we deserve. Jubilee was also in the movie, but for some reason, her scenes showing her mutant powers were cut. She even electrocuted herself on the set for it. A lot of scenes from trailers or tv spots which we've seen, didn't make the final cut. Probably the director's cut would be better than this movie, like Rogue's cut of Days of future past was better. The movie was dark, intense, but still had some comic relief like most Marvel films. It's the best Xmen flick till now (Not including Deadpool) and Singer will strike gold at box office.
Though the movie is kinda predictable if you have seen a lot of Xmen flicks or Marvel movies till date. At one point of time, me and my best friend ran out of patience and shouted, 'Jean Grey turn Pheonix already'. (Most beautiful scene visually) Singer has tried to make destruction look visually appealing. It's about time, Fox gives back all the rights to Marvel. Only then we will be able to witness Avengers vs X-Men comic storyline. Guess, after 2020 that will be possible too. Overall, it was a great movie. Would rate 4 on 5. Amidst the fight between Civil War & BVS, does Apocalypse stand a chance? Decide for yourself!
P.S (Spoilers) In the post credit scene, we see Essex Corps' agents collecting blood samples and finally taking Wolverine's DNA to create another mutant (Guessing, X-23) For those who don't know, Essex Corps is run by Nathaniel Essex who becomes Mister Sinister. Strongly believe, after Apocalypse, only Mister Sinister can be the perfect villain. We will see him in Wolverine : One last time and probably Gambit too. Also, Jean Grey unleashing her Pheonix powers, suggests X-Men undertaking the space journey now, Shi'ar empire, also originating Pheonix Force. The next X-Men movie will be set up mostly in 90's and in space hopefully.
