Best movie in the franchise

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2019)

X-men had introduced the franchise. X-men 2 was a worthy sequel. But after flops like "the last stand" and a passable reboot like "first class" i'll admit i had my concerns about this movie. Hugh jackman had left the franchise to focus on other projects and the latest film didn't work as well as it's predecessors. The formula seemed to be use one character to carry the story and use the other characters to give the lead someone to work off of. Much like a lead singer and a team of back up vocalists. Despite the films claiming to be about a team, they never felt like an ensemble piece the avengers franchise has managed.
This film came closer than any other to being about the team. The film begins in a dystopian future 2023 where a few free mutants are running and hiding from machines called sentinels that are designed to hunt down and kill anything that doesn't present as baseline human. In a desperate gamble to undo the entire war they have been losing, they send wolverine back in time to stop the event that triggers the whole war of humans vs mutants.
From this point on we follow wolverine in 1973 as he attempts to re-unite a younger professor x and magneto in the past while the future 2023 team has to fight off the attacking sentinels to buy him enough time to get the job done.
With bryan singer returning as director, actors hugh jackman (wolverine) sir patrick stewart (professor x) and sir ian mckellan (magneto) this movie serves as a sequel to the original x-men movies and the new x-men movies by tying up the two timelines and in essence "ret-conning" the damage done by brett ratner's "the last stand". While at the same time properly helping the new cast with a proper "passing of the torch". Actors james mcavoy (professor x) and michael fassbender (magneto) finally get play the parts they were hired for by showing the audience their characters damaged friendship while still remaining true to their own convictions.
The story telling is top notch, the acting is spot on and the special effects compliment the film beautifully at every turn. This film is quite possibly the best in the franchise and leaves the audience with a sense of hope for future x-men movies