Gripping Time-Travel Tale and A Surging Epic

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2014)

Showcasing the biggest assembly of Marvel's mutants ever, 'Days of Future Past' claws its way on top of the X-Men franchise.
Sensing the brink of extinction, Magneto (Ian McKellen) and Professor X (Patrick Stewart) unite together in an attempt to save their species from the Sentinels. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) travels back in time to stop Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), now called Mystique, from killing anti-mutant scientist Dr. Trask (Peter Dinklage). Logan has to convince both the younger Magneto and Charles to stop Mystique before she gets captured and studied, which in turn would give way to the creation of Sentinels.
While, there is so much incoherence in how the time travel aspect of the plot is presented, this must still be Bryan Singer's best X-Men film. The greatest strength of this movie lays on how it pays so much more attention to its story and script than the visual spectacle it can surely serve. Surprisingly, the movie vaunts some funny and light moments particularly those with Quicksilver (Evan Peter). Quicksilver has enjoyed highlight in this film as his section is streaked with laugh-rendering wit and humor. Jennifer's role is arguably one of the central if not the most vital in the movie. Hugh Jackman's take remains the same, but somehow feels fresh. Michael Fassbender's Magneto and James McAvoy's Professor X are satisfying than their old counterparts, which, by the way, is not surprising, as the rest of the cast are actually just story pawns.
'Days of Future Past' is a bold take to raise the X-Men franchise into another level. It toying with history is ambitious, suspenseful and confusing, but it nonetheless manages to escalate itself to a higher ground. A surging epic and a gripping tale that seems not to loosen its hold on the audiences, 'Days of A Future Past' must be X-Men's biggest installment to date.