Weak story but enjoyable

Rating: 6/10 (27 September 2016)

X-Men:Apocalypse suffers from a weak story and limited character development. I guess that is a symptom of introducing a powerful villain that exists only within the movie running time. Compared with other offerings in the X-Men franchise this is probably sitting in the middle. The imagery and costume design is on par with many of the current superhero movie offerings. Story-wise the Netflix Marvel series develop their antagonists so much better and the viewer gains a better understanding of where they come from. Here not so much, characters that were in X-Men First Class and X-Men Days of Future Past such as Mystique, Magneto, Beast and Professor X have developed well and you have a sense of their battle for acceptance. The introduction of Storm, Jean Grey , Cyclops, Nightcrawler as characters to extend the series have been excellently casted. Overall the last couple of Marvel Cinematic Universe movie offerings have been mediocre, they have to change the formula otherwise interest is going to dwindle. (6/10)