4.5/10 It's all about Laura

Rating: 4/10 (2 March 2017)

There were moments of this film that were actually quite good and they all starred Dafne Keen as the young Laura . The partially mute mutant who may or may not be the offspring of a certain X Man.
I'll put a bet on that the follow up movie will be called LAURA !
I went to see this as a non X men fan but hadn't expected that to be an issue . Hugh Jackman looks the part and looks suitably old and tired in the role . Patric(k) Stewart on the other hand looked quite sprightly by comparison.
The trailer offered so much more , there should a be a law against using songs in trailers that play no part in the film ! Secondary there needs to be a law that all editors must be immediately out of a job if they allow a film to run into three figures, 99 mins is long enough 110 tops , there's simply no excuse for films going on this long , it ruins the enjoyment , this film started at 2130 and it's now the early hours of the next day after midnight and I've just left the cinema .
The film is set in 2029 , twelve years in the future but there was very little effort to spend the $127m on making the film futuristic , OK his car was slightly updated but almost every other vehicle , bar the paramilitary vehicles , were current or older . Yes there were driverless shipping containers but one scene , lazy fortellling indeed.
The finale was about the only scene with any fast paced action , by this stage you're anaesthetised to the violence and glad the film is finally almost over.
Good supporting cast with the Swazi-English Richard E Grant in a sinister role and Stephen Merchant unable to shake off his Bristolian accent .
If you're a die hard fan I'm sure you'll love it , if like me you're not , you probably won't .
But what do I know - this will fill cinemas for the next two weeks , however this advanced screening only had 17 people in it and I could hear one person snoring throughout half the film !