X-Men: Apocalypse

2016·144 minPG-13·English

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6.85247%2.7/5

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After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

What critics thought

Critics landed mostly in negative-to-mixed territory, finding the film a bloated and repetitive entry in a franchise that was already showing its age — audiences were considerably kinder. The central disagreement is whether the film's scale and cast compensate for a villain widely seen as wasted and a story that rehashes mutant-as-metaphor themes for the sixth time.

“X-Men: Apocalypse is the kind of weightless, soulless trifle of a bore that makes comic book superhero movies look bad and makes me not look forward to the next installment.”
Scott Mendelson·Forbes
“Much of what makes X-Men: Apocalypse legitimately interesting also makes it frustrating and lopsided, since Singer and screenwriter-producer Simon Kinberg remain committed to the structure of an overlong comic-book blockbuster, complete with a climax in which the world has to be saved using as many different colors of energy beam as possible.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“I get it: Life is hard for mutants. We all get it. It's literally the only thing mutants ever seem to talk about. It is odd that other superheroes seem to get to have some fun, but never the X-Men. Here we are, 16 years later, and everyone involved is still sad. It feels repetitive.”
Mike Ryan·Uproxx
“Even the hardcore geeks who like to get their Comic-Con on, might be feeling a little superhero fatigue right about now. Still. You owe it to yourself to see Quicksilver do his thing.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times

Genres

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Cast & Crew

Bryan SingerDirector

James McAvoyProfessor Charles Xavier

Michael FassbenderErik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Jennifer LawrenceRaven / Mystique

Nicholas HoultHank McCoy / Beast

Oscar IsaacEn Sabah Nur / Apocalypse

Rose ByrneMoira MacTaggert

Evan PetersPeter Maximoff / Quicksilver

Josh HelmanCol. William Stryker

Sophie TurnerJean Grey

Tye SheridanScott Summers / Cyclops

Lucas TillAlex Summers / Havok

Kodi Smit-McPheeKurt Wagner / Nightcrawler

John OttmanComposer

Dan HarrisWriter

Simon KinbergWriter

Michael DoughertyWriter

Newton Thomas SigelCinematography

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016·144 min·PG-13·English

Rate

6.85247%2.7/5

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

What critics thought

“X-Men: Apocalypse is the kind of weightless, soulless trifle of a bore that makes comic book superhero movies look bad and makes me not look forward to the next installment.”
Scott Mendelson·Forbes
“Much of what makes X-Men: Apocalypse legitimately interesting also makes it frustrating and lopsided, since Singer and screenwriter-producer Simon Kinberg remain committed to the structure of an overlong comic-book blockbuster, complete with a climax in which the world has to be saved using as many different colors of energy beam as possible.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“I get it: Life is hard for mutants. We all get it. It's literally the only thing mutants ever seem to talk about. It is odd that other superheroes seem to get to have some fun, but never the X-Men. Here we are, 16 years later, and everyone involved is still sad. It feels repetitive.”
Mike Ryan·Uproxx
“Even the hardcore geeks who like to get their Comic-Con on, might be feeling a little superhero fatigue right about now. Still. You owe it to yourself to see Quicksilver do his thing.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times