Better than most give it credit for

Rating: 8/10 (31 May 2019)

Spoilers. It was tough to follow up the fantastic X-Men Days of Future Past. But this was a pretty solid comic book action flick, flawed just like the comics, but good. I liked the introduction of Jean Grey and the villain was a credible threat. The actors did a fine job in their roles, even portraying Apocalypse and especially the main Xmen characters. The sudden ease of his defeat could have been better written though... as the Phoenix side of Jean Grey came out of nowhere too fast. It would have been better if she had more of a scene with Xavier in the mind realm or something... so that was the major downfall of this movie. If you put aside the character design of Apocalypse and the lacklustre climax, the rest of the movie is pretty solid. My favourite moments in this film actually were not so much the action moments but the character building. Few people talk about the sound design but this was one of the better SFX edits I've heard. Not a huge fan of the somewhat generic Xmen theme though, it is getting tiring... am looking very forward to the next score by Zimmer. But yeah, I didn't expect that much and was pleasantly surprised. It's an 8/10 for a comic book movie... not bad, not great, just good. I'd recommend it to Xmen fans but to non-fans I'd say sure go ahead and watch but don't expect Days of Future Past.