The Best of the X-Men Movies

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2015)

"X-Men" director Bryan Singer finally returned to the fold to helm Twentieth Century Fox's fourth entry "X-Men: Days of Future Past" with the youngsters from "X-Men: First Class" prequel intermingling with original cast members. Indeed, this X-Men sequel relies on the plot gimmick that distinguished the first two "Terminator" movies when the rebels dispatched somebody from the future to plunge back into the past to thwart Skynet's efforts to triumph over humanity. Naturally, it is fantastic to see Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, and Halle Berry sharing the screen with James McAvoy and Michael Fassbinder respectively as Professor X and Magneto. When the action opens, Earth is a ravaged battlefield where Sentinels destroy every mutant that they can target. Lately, they have been targeting normal humans who may give birth to mutated humans. Singer and "Elysium" scenarist Simon Kinberg drew inspiration from the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline "Days of Future Past" written by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. This "X-Men" movie qualifies as one of the best, if not the best, in the Marvel Comics' franchise.