eXplosive and eXalting X-men

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2014)

Riding on the wave of success of the highly successful (and highly entertaining) franchise, comes this latest blockbuster, 'mutant' of a movie, The Xmen – Days of Future Past. Bryan Singer, the guy who gave us the original X-men way back in 2000s, created 'the' perfect sequel to 'X-men: First Class' and opened up avenues to the forthcoming sequels.
As the name suggests, the movie has some zip-zapping into past and present (the title's aptly chosen from the franchise's comic). This is going to be the biggest hit of this summer; only party spoilers can be Age of Extinction and Dawn of Planet of Apes. However, this will go into the annals of history as one of the finest made X-men movies. Period.
You may notice some uncanny semblances with The Matrix (stop-motion sequences and even the sentinels), Déjà vu (quantum physics about changing the past), Watchmen (of Vietnam War and Nixon) and to some extent, Terminator 4 (ravaged future earth). But the resemblances stop here. Of course revealing anything more will spoil the fun.
There are quite a handful breathtaking, rather, breath-stopping moments; particularly one scene where QuickSilver zaps with his supersonic run while time almost freezes for the others.
Technically the movie is great, is a sort of an understatement. The cinematography will give you goose flesh. The music is intense but a tad lesser than the score of First Class. Micheal Fassbender as Eric Lehnsherr continues his cold and callous form from First Class. And he steals the show along with James McAvoy. Jennifer Lawrence as Raven is outstanding; so beautiful yet so Mystique. The X-entourage - Hugh Jackman, Ellen Page, Ian McKellen (to name a few) do more than justice to their roles. The sentinels, however steal the show, for they are hyper-intelligent and are far more powerful than the mutants themselves.
If you haven't seen any of the X-men movies, please do that first and then go to watch this one. You will enjoy each and every minute of it. The movie starts off with some fantabulous action sequence, but the adrenaline pumping slows down for a while, giving way to some intense drama. And while you are immensely engrossed, the movie catapults you to a higher level of pure action and edge of the seat thrills. You are allowed to bite your nails, pull your hair but don't take your eyes off the screen.
Behold the glory of X-men, for all-ye X-men fans. The X-men series is getting better with the inception of First Class (my best X-men movie ever) and there is more to come. Viola. Post-credits show En Saba Nur and the four horsemen – a perfect teaser to the upcoming X-men: Apocalypse in 2016.
EXperience the eXplosive and the eXalting X-men. It's eXquisite and eXemplar. Highly and heavily recommended.