Could pass for Torture/Porn

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2014)

1. Could pass for torture porn. When did the mark of a successful action evolve to the point that the hero has to undergo on-screen pain that ordinarily one would ordinarily only see if training as a resident in a downtown emergency ward? 2. Point 1 above is not coincidence. MAN OF STEEL went the same route. We have come a long way from the days when the bad guy threatened to cut James Bond in half with a laser, but the laser was turned off before Bond's suit even lost its crease.
3. Hugh Jackman may himself be a mutant, a fact other reviewers have missed. He is in his 40s, he can sing and do Broadway, but for some reason he shines in these actioners, and rises far above the script. Someone should check HIS Dna.
4. Another things reviewers have missed is that, with the X-Men franchise in particular, the first one was, and is, the best one. I dare you to prove me wrong.
5. Which animals eat their young? The answer includes directors and producers who kill a franchise deliberately, by killing all the characters, and then find themselves forced to do "origins." 6. The cliff-hangers of the Saturday matinées of the 30s and 40s had a standard ending, where the hero rode off into the sunset looking for new wars to fight. So does this film. Some things never change. Especially if there is a dollar to be made.