A return to form for the X-Men franchise.

Rating: 7/10 (2 August 2014)

Solid.
Right when the movie started, and the beginning credits contained that original X2: X-Men United score, I got a huge feeling of nostalgia and I knew I was in for a ride.
Bryan Singer pretty much fixes up most of the wrongs of the horrid X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
This film uses time travel quite well, it's consistent and flows along very well. We spend a lot of time with Wolverine, Beast, Mystique, young Xavier and young Magneto. They all play an integral part into the story, and we get into the meat of things when Mystique is responsible for the creation of a new type of Sentinels that adapt to each mutant's power, effective killing them faster. The Sentinels created by Bolivar Trask also have the ability to target anyone that has the capability of passing on the mutant gene. It's why in the future, the Sentinels pretty much took over the planet, killing off everyone.
I loved seeing the future scenes with the Sentinels destroying the whole X-Men team. I loved all the action set pieces, and the visuals. Quicksilver in particular had a very memorable sequence in the film, despite his lame looking outfit. It was brilliantly executed and edited.
James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender display their fine acting as Xavier and Magneto. Here we see the friction between the two and it's displayed very well. Jennifer Lawrence has a lot more to do as Mystique this time around and her character is fleshed out more. Do I need to tell you Hugh Jackman is great as Wolverine?
There was a point in the film where there are some slow moments, but most of them are decent character moments, especially between Xavier and Magneto. Even though she is fleshed out a lot more than the pervious installments, all the Mystique subplots and elements to me slowed the film down, and didn't find at all interesting. The movie also keeps reminding you that Mystique is the key to the new Sentinels over and over again. Peter Dinklage is good with what he's given with, but with so many characters within the film, it comes within the territory that his role is nothing more than a two-dimensional villain. The time travel element worked really well, near the end, the climax of the film, thats where it becomes a bit choppy in the editing. Normally that worked for me most of the time, but there is a portion in the film where is so abrupt that it took out of the film here and there.
You can tell this movie has Bryan Singer's touch. It revitalizes the whole franchise. It re-writes all the wrong of X-Men: The Last Stand and some of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I LOVED seeing Cyclops and Jean Gray back alive. FINALLY the whole X-Men team is back. So great. I do hope they make an appearance in the sequel.
With that being said, stay after the credits. APOCALYPSE!!!
7/10