The future looks bright for the X-Men franchise

Rating: 9/10 (24 May 2014)

I have waited months for X-Men: Days of Future Past to be released and finally got the chance to see it yesterday. I had high expectations going into the film due to all of the marketing, trailers and build up and it's fair to say the film exceeded my expectations. The film delivers on all levels from the acting, visual effects, storyline and action. All of the cast give impressive performances, but James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence stood out to me the most. One of my favourite scenes in the film is the prison break scene where we get to see Quicksilver in action. Not only do we see Quicksilver in action we get to see things from his perspective when he's moving at superhuman speed. I liked how the film slipped in a little reference to the father and son relationship between him and Magneto.
A lot of new characters make their big screen debut such as Bishop, Warpath, Sunspot and Blink. Although most of the new characters have little screen time they make a big impression and we get to see them go toe-to-toe with the Sentinels. It was great to see characters like Blink and Bishop in action and how they use their abilities to battle the Sentinels. Another highlight of the film for me was seeing Iceman (Bobby Drake) in full ice form performing the famous ice slide. The overall tone of the film is a lot darker than previous X-Men films, but there's a lot more at stake in this film. There's still humour in the film and a few one liners that will give you a laugh. In my opinion X-Men: Days of Future Past is one of the best films of the franchise and it's a good job Bryan Singer returned to direct the franchise he started on the big screen. Bryan Singer also rectifies a lot of the events which took place in X-Men: The Last Stand giving the impression that the film never happened. The future looks bright for the X-Men franchise and I can't wait for X-Men: Apocalypse to be released.