Needless, senseless violence/horror w/a nonsense plot...overrated.

Rating: 4/10 (29 June 2017)

Realizing I am in the minority, I completely agree w/JHerrick that this movie was a sore disappointment. This is my first IMDb review, and I have watched thousands of movies over the past 40+ years. I wrote this review due to the overwhelmingly positive reviews...both critic and viewer. What is wrong with this country?? America is truly plagued with a Great Sickness...a corruption that signals it is already beyond its zenith and heading the way of all other great civilizations...to destruction. Back to the movie, which does not do justice at all to the characters or to their legacy. The performances are great, but the story? It simply sucks. Charles dies in a totally meaningless way, and Logan dies in a nonsensical way. The girl hero and her young friends goes off into a future that is completely unknown. Are they the franchise reboot...replacing such great actors as Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, and Patrick Stewart? If so, we're looking at another waste-of-movie Power Rangers. So many questions are not addressed at all, and there is not even the typical Marvel trailer I was waiting for to do even a little bit of that. The gratuitous violence was simply disgusting, especially watching a little girl slice and dice people's body parts with apparently glee-- multiple heads included. It reminded me of the slasher horror movies of the 80s, truly, and children or young teens should NOT see this film. I can say this girl is likely scarred for life, doing this film. And it was all really unnecessary...other than promoting America's unholy virtual obsession with violence...domestically and abroad. Did the military contribute to the making of this film? Simply stated, it could and should have been done SO much better. So glad I only spent $2 to see it via Redbox.