Apocalypse doesn't feel all that 'Apocalyptic' honestly.

Rating: 6/10 (15 September 2016)

I love the X-Men series: the comics, the 90s TV show, the movies and the X-Men Legends games; but I can admit and think that the franchise has inherited some problems over the years. X-Men Apocalypse is one of those imperfect bumps that may take a little while for the film franchise to get back into the 'Days of Future Past' mold creatively. Apocalypse uses things we've already seen in previous movies, like the Phoenix Saga getting referenced (again), Wolverine in the Weapon-X facility (again), Magneto losing even MORE family (albeit his newly-introduced wife and daughter), and Nightcrawler getting introduced in this film's 1980s timeline as a teenager(DID BRYAN SINGER FORGET THAT X-MEN 2 HAPPENED?!). It would be nice if there was a sense of urgency in the story instead of playing it safe just for the actor's contract's sake.
Apocalypse is an enjoyable but redundant flick that shows Marvel Studios really deserve to have the X-Men and Fantastic Four back home, instead of 20th Century Fox unnecessarily squeezing a cash-cow that's already been wrung dry for them. Nice try guys, but it's time for the rest of the Marvel family to go home, where they belong, united.