X-Men mutating into hypertrophic blockbuster

Rating: 5/10 (10 September 2016)

Where are the good times gone? The X-Men used to be the best marvel-merchandise. OK, the third movie was crap. And there were some flaws in some of the other movies, but still were they good enough to hope for more. In vain. X-Men: Apocalypse has some severe flaws. The make up, especially of the villain, looked ridiculous. The casting of the antagonist was also bad. He was just one more of those cynical, smirking megalomaniacs. His alter ego in the first scene had a far stronger and more evil presence. The new Jean Grey is just horrible. And what became of the real cynical Magneto? He is just a nice guy who had to suffer and chose the wrong side - just for a short while. But one of the main problems: the super-powers are completely out of balance. Magneto is able to alter the magnetic field of the entire earth, Apocalypse is able to destroy and rebuilt a city within seconds, Quicksilver is so fast that he could cope with everyone at once... and the Beast? And Wolverine? Well, they can jump around a little bit and are somehow faster than ordinary man and... that's it. And that does not work for me. Ah, nearly forgot something really stupid: Xavier enters the mind of Apocalypse to fight him with his psychic powers. How? His psychic-self punches Apocalypse's psychic-self into the face. Subtle and brainy, isn't it?