The main villain's motivation is bland and stupid. Other than that, everything else goes from mediocre to outright terrible. The only bright spot in all the awfulness is Quicksilver, whose slo-mo scene is at least as good as in the previous movie, if not better. And as it turns out, Apocalypse is the worst one to date. I personally thought Days of the Future Past to be the best of the series. Reviewed by realmuthaf 3 /10 Apocalyptically bad Magneto and Professor X are once again great, Apocalypse is a mixed bag, the pacing for the movie is all over the place, and the dull second half just brings the film down from the really good first half. Overall, X-Men: Apocalypse is a disappointing sequel to First Class and Days of Future Past. The problem is they don't show any civilians dying it's just buildings coming apart, making it hard to care about the situation. The final battle felt underwhelming with the whole global extinction. The entire thing could have been removed and the movie would have been the same. While it was fun to watch, it didn't do much of anything for the story in the long run. There's an entire sequence in a secret lab and it seemed there for only one reason: the cameo of a specific person. Some mutants were completely wasted here with Psylocke and Angel. She just seems uninspired throughout the run-time and becomes tedious since she uses the personality over and over again to play the character. Apocalypse is also a small mutant compared to the others for some reason and he's just another villain who is obsessed with destroying the world, and his motivations are thin. He is just like Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor for me. I was always skeptical of Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse and I still don't think he was the best choice. Some scenes worked well and others didn't. The first half of the movie is terrific, but the second half brings it down.
The action is handled very well for the most part. Quicksilver has another awesome scene just like the previous movie.
I really liked the new cast of the younger X-Men, like Jean Grey, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Cyclops. The internal battles inside Xavier's head were riveting. Michael Fassbender as Magneto is amazing and he has a really emotional scene towards the beginning which got me locked into the film. Starting off with the good, Magneto and Professor X continue to be the best parts of these movies. But there are a lot of things I was not satisfied with while watching. This movie entertained me from start to finish and I can't say I was ever bored. X-Men: Apocalypse is the sequel to Days of Future Past and takes place about a decade later in the '80s. Reviewed by TheFirstExecutioner 7 /10 A Gripping but Flawed X-Men Movie
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