We've seen this all before

Rating: 6/10 (16 October 2014)

I've never really cared much for X-Men in any format, but I did like 2011's 'First Class'. Unfortunately, despite a few clever bits, I found 'Days of Future past' to be a rather flat re-hash of the tired X-Men formula; Humans are afraid of mutants. Xavier and Magneto argue over how to deal with this. Blah, blah, blah. It's been five movies of this same sort of thing now. It's beyond played out.
For the uninitiated this is likely to be a rather confusing slog. There are a lot of characters and story elements here that have little to no set up, and much of it goes back several films. And even for those who have been along for the ride there's not much pay off here. You can see every twist and turn coming from a mile away.
'Days of Future Past' is a well made, well acted, but ultimately mediocre film.