X-Men: Days of Future Past succeeds at being a thrilling and fun superhero movie.

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2014)

X-Men: Days of Future Past in the first part of the movie mutants travel through time and discovered a near-future in which both mutants and humans have been decimated by deadly killing machines known as The Sentinels. In this nightmarish period, Professor X and his "old friend" Magneto gather the most powerful surviving X-Men together for a effort to stop the Sentinel war: altering the past so that it never happened in the first place. That plan requires Kitty Pryde sending Wolverine's consciousness back into his 1970s body, in order to stop an event that forever sets history on the course of a dark future. But things are bleak in the past, as well the relationship between young Charles Xavier, Magneto and Mystique were all damaged .The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis (seen in X-Men: First Class) have already inspired the beginnings of the Sentinel program; and with every passing moment in the future, the Sentinels get closer to eliminating the last of the X-Men and destroying all hope of altering history.
At the center of this desperate mission lie some big questions: Can history be altered, or is destiny set in stone? And can Wolverine play the role of mentor to his own mentor in time to repair some very broken people and save two time lines?
On a directorial level, Bryan Singer has delivered his best film ever. Days of Future Past is a showcase of directorial talent .The futuristic world and mutant action sequences are awesome spectacle, while the future Sentinels are dark, frightening creatures; the '70s period piece is colorful, gleefully retro, and well-staged in nearly every scene; and there's an excellent character drama at the film's core, utilizing great actors who deliver performances above and beyond expectations. Like the direction, the script combines eclectic elements into a fine blend.
Then again, it's hard to complain about which characters are present or what state they're in when the cast of actors is delivering strong performances. Hugh Jackman leads the once again, but manages to be an effective team player this time. His performance is much more restrained, drawing on Wolverine's extensive history in the previous movies to create an interesting spin on the character as an older and wiser mentor. The First Class squad – Charles Xavier, Magneto, Mystique and Beast – deliver even more of the best elements to this film.
In the end, X-Men: Days of Future Past succeeds at being a thrilling and fun superhero movie, balanced by well-earned dramatic weight. It does manage to distill the best parts of the series and use them to push things forward into a fresh start, where fans can forget sins of the past and once again feel optimistic about the notion of X-Men movies.
Nofel Saad