Hot Bub Time Machine

Rating: 8/10 (5 June 2019)

In a desperate last stand, The X-men transfer the consciousness of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back to the 1970's in an attempt to stop Mystique (Jenifer Lawrence) from murdering Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) and industrialist who is at the forefront of the Sentinel programme, giant adaptive robots capable of identifying and annihilating mutants. The plan requires Wolverine to reunite Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) with Magento (Michael Fassbender) to appeal to Mystique before it's too late.
Visually, "Days" is a bit of a step up from "First Contact". Some of the effects are striking, particularly around the portal work in some of the present day fight scenes. Other effects, such as the Beast transitions are again improved upon. Plot wise though it's not as tight, driven by a desire to include all the X-men they possibly could (often more than one incarnation of them too) leading to a messy story that occasionally sacrifices some logic for spectacle. Why, for example, they decide they need Magneto with them for the mission is purely to provide Michael Fassbender with more to do. That's not to say it's not a clever story, managing to accommodate so many characters and bridge the gap between the original "X-Men" trilogy and this new series is no mean feat, let alone finding a way to explain a bit more of Logan's history and retcon the events of "X-Men: Last Stand", the unwanted sequel that all but killed the original run.
The action scenes are particularly strong in this one, both in terms of seeing the X-men fight the sentinels as a team and in one like Quiksilvers ultra slo-mo scene (worth a whole additional star on its own.)
Though perhaps not the most logical, "Days of Future Past" is one of the best in the series.