Once again director Bryan Singer delivered goods in arguably the greatest X-MEN movie to date in the "X-MEN Days of Future Past"!

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2014)

Once again director Bryan Singer delivered goods in arguably the greatest X-MEN movie to date in the "X- MEN Days of Future Past"! Yes indeed, this installment feels like a bridge between the characters and their stories in the past and the future. Made with the estimated budget of $250,000,000 this film needs to make 3 times its cost to be profitable. $750,000,000 to be exact, or more and I believe, judging by an early reviews, it will be one of the most profitable movies of this year. Everything is bigger and better here in all departments. This is the best of Wolverine we've have ever seen. Finely Jackman grew in to his character he embodied in the passed, however now less with rage more so with brute, masculine strength. His veins are practically popping out everywhere on his body. But just because Wolverine has an important part in this story doesn't mean that he hijacked the whole movie in terms of the performance. All the lead actors in their super hero characteristics bring something unique to the table in terms of charisma, otherwise they wouldn't have been casted in the first place, but in "X-MEN Days of Future Past" Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg and writer of the story Jane Goldman let other lesser known X-MEN take the stage in the battle for the future of all men kind and mutants. The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past - to save our future. The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. There is a lot to like here in terms of character development from all the actors both in the past as well as the future. Apart from the old characters we know form the previous films like Wolverine/ Hugh Jackman, Professor X/Patrick Stewart, Magnito/Ian McKellen, Storm/Halle Berry we have a newcomers like Nicholas Hoult playing the Beast and of course Michael Fassbender playing Erik Lehnsherr the younger version of Magnito end emotional James McAvoy as the young and still walking Charles Xavier. Next to Jackman person who quietly steals the movie for me is Raven / Mystique Jennifer Lawrence who practically steals every scene she is in, not only because most of the story plot depends on her character path being good or turning bad or that she is practically naked not counting the blue tight costume she embodies, but in this film we see more of her inner self that till now was not so overexposed. In 1973 her blood will be used to create special robotic machines made by men called the Sentinels that 50 years from then will be the deciding apocalyptic point of the extinction of the world as we know it. The balance between both time frames is handled very well here and keeps viewer in constant state of entertainment in terms of character development going back and forward respectively. I think all the little historical references like Magnito's jail arrest in Pentagon for being accused of killing JFK, or scenes with president Richard Nixon as an example, give the whole story, the additional dimension of historical reference making it more enjoyable and original. The action scenes are full of CGI, but it looks like the money here was spend well, due to the impressive visual scope. Specially the scene of the breakout of Magneto from the Pentagon by our heroes, including the new super fast mutant by the name of Quicksilver (comedically refreshing Evan Peters). That scene is shot brilliantly is super slow-motion were director Bryan Singer filmed Quicksilver's scenes in a special format of 3600 frames a minute. This means that Quicksilver will be moving 1500 times faster than normal running around the room disarming people in instant. Awesome! That scene in itself is worth the 3D admission ticked! From what I have read Bryan Singer will both direct and produce another X-MEN movie set to start production in 2016 titled "X-Men: Apocalypse". From the quality of this X-MEN installment I reckon this franchise is in good hands.
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