X-Men: Apocalypse Review
Starting in Ancient Egypt, an all-powerful mutant reigned with his 4 horsemen of the apocalypse acting as his prime followers. It has come to the time of which Apocalypse needed a body, to reincarnate so that he could continue living, but as the action was about to be complete the servants tried to stop Apocalypse from reincarnating, but the original 4 horsemen of the apocalypse (Pestilence, Famine, Death and War) were successful but Apocalypse was laid to rest for thousands of years, until he was discovered by some Egyptian followers. CIA Agent Moira MacTarggert (from X-Men: First Class) infiltrated in the tomb to see Apocalypse to be reawaken. While this is happening, Erik Lehnsheer (Magneto), living low with a wife and daughter as a steel forger, also Angel is working as a Mutant Cage-Fighter, taking out the Blob as well as Nightcrawler, but Nightcrawler is saved by Mystique. Peter Maximoff (Quicksilver) also goes looking for his father, Magneto, but comes into contact with Prof. X and the school. Alex Summers (Havok) invited his brother Scott (Cyclops) to join the school as well as. The good mutants meet up and make friends, while Charles Xavier (Prof. X), Hank McCoy (Beast) and Alex Summers go to see Moira to get information on Apocalpyse. Getting back to the X-Mansion, Charles tries to find Apocalypse using the Cerebro Mutant Detector, but Apocalypse is able to get into Charles' mind and teleport him and his 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse to the X-Mansion, where Alex accidentally blows up the X-Mansion in attempt to stop Apocalypse, luckily Quicksilver rushes in and saves everyone from the blast apart from Alex as he was too close to the blast. Then is when Colonel Stryker shows up and kidnaps Prof. X, Beast, Quicksilver and Mystique, with Jean Grey, Nightcrawler and Cyclops sneaking on the helicopter and travel to Stryker's Base.
This is where Jean, Nightcrawler and Cyclops release Wolverine from the Weapon X Program and save the others. Apocalypse creates a new Ancient Egyptian Pyramid so that Apocalypse can transfer himself into Charles' body so he can use his mind. This is where X-Men have to fight back against Apocalypse and his four Horsemen to save the planet from being controlled by Apocalypse.
This movie I thought had a little bit too much hype for what the movie was. I loved all of the references and Easter eggs I could see. I really loved the new X-Men outfits at the end of the film, of how the suits refereed back to their suits in the comics. Absolutely loved Wolverine's Weapon X outfit, really felt like director Bryan Singer actually stuck to the material he was given. The Stan Lee Appearance was kinda like "Oh hey, Stan Lee. Cool." Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) playing Poe Dameron in Star Wars VII, I thought he was just okay for this role, but the make-up and suit really pulled his looks back. Psylocke (Olivia Munn), previously playing mostly small roles in films, but I really like how she presented the character. Storm (Alexandra Shipp), previously playing is small roles in films, but again I really like how Alexandra took this character and made it her own. Angel (Ben Hardy), this being his first ever film, being in Eastenders for 2 years, I was really impressed with his ability to control this character.
Overall: Was a little long-winded. 7/10
Final thought: "Once Again Great Quicksilver Scene"
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