Seventh installment a success!

Rating: 8/10 (20 August 2014)

Marvel brings the seventh X-Men installment and second prequel in the series with X-Men Days of Future Past.
It is a very fitting title, reuniting with director Bryan Singer who did the first ever X-Men film, and with Singer brings a connected and comprehensible plot consistent with the rest of the X-Men franchise.
It is nearing the hopeless end of the mutant war in present time and humanity is frantic, at a critical and pivotal point, at the start of X-Men Days of Future Past. The remaining X-Men send Wolverine back in time to right the wrong of the past that set the course for this destructive terminus.
What follows is a suspenseful, powerful and action-packed flick that is sure to please fans. Hugh Jackman's Wolverine has always been the anchor to the film franchise and it is befitting that he is the hopeful savior in Days of Future Past and a welcoming addition. All other actors, most of them playing roles portrayed by other actors, inhabit their roles successfully. Jennifer Lawrence is the most awkward of all, especially depicting Mystique's cold malice but brought out the humanity of Raven nicely.
The story that follows is flawless and perfectly incorporated into the X-Men's universe, fitting seamlessly into currently known history of its characters as already presented in film. To that I owe Jane Goldman, the story writer, and Simon Kinberg, the screenplay writer, distinction. At first I was a bit confused whether I was to be concerned and emotionally invested but within fifteen minutes everything became clear. The story is surprisingly uncomplicated despite having time-travel as a core subject and has a well formed grasp on its direction.
With any X-Men film there are bound to be action sequences and they are particularly spellbinding in X-Men Days of Future Past. They harnessed the mutant characters' abilities to accentuate the battles instead of exploiting them for the typical detracting 'wow' factor effect. I found them especially believable and well choreographed.
Audiences love X-Men films because at their core they are about unjust persecution for being different. We all like to think we are unique and looming is the sense that eventually it could be us on the wrong side of discrimination. The sentiment of X-Men Days of Future Past reflects this theme most evidently of all the films and should be a hit with audiences.
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