A disappointing end to the trilogy and the to climax of the six movies.

Rating: 3/10 (3 June 2016)

X-Men Apocalypse... Well the early scenes were promising, but the film got very dry very quickly. Don't get me wrong I didn't hate this movie, I just didn't enjoy it half as much as I had hoped. The plot of the movie is too weak for starters "an ancient mutant (who sounds like a robot and looks worse than Thanos) is awakened, he decides to bring down the world with his four horsemen. Alexandra Shipp's Strom who gets far too little to do given how well she does it. Ben Hardy's Angel who looks cool but makes no impact. Olivia Munn's Pslocke who's only cast for her boob shot, shown in the trailer. Finally Nicholas Hoult's Magneto which by now has been the villain far too often...I mean how many times can Professor X remind us that there is still good in him? He's murdered hundreds of people. It also takes the whole of the first hour to introduce and assemble all the new and existing characters passing from one to another at a zappy pace. My nightmares came true when Jennifer Lawrence re- appeared as Katniss Everdeen with super powers rather than Mystique. Which is a shame because this movie could have used less inspirational speech making and more of the kinkiness Rebecca Romijn's Mystique had. In short this film leaves questions like; What was Apocalypse's ultimate goal? Did they need to replay entire scenes we've seen multiple times before? How many times will Professor X introduce a student to Cerebro? Why is it when entire populations are vaporised our heroes don't appear to warrant even a momentary look of horror? And how many movies will they make? All together Apocalypse was a messier and heavier than the previous Days of Future Past. I did like the Quick Silver scene though.