good prequel reboot

Rating: 7/10 (17 August 2013)

Fox decided to reboot the X-Men franchise with new actors as younger versions of the familiar roles. This prequel takes place mostly in 1962 before and around the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's a good start especially if the most important part of this exercise is to get good young actors to refresh the franchise. James McAvoy is the new Charles Xavier. Jennifer Lawrence is Mystique. Nicholas Hoult is Beast. Michael Fassbender is Magneto. With them as well as others, the franchise looks to be on solid grounds. As for this movie itself, it's a little bit slow at times. I think we're suppose to go weak in the knees every time a new actor for each iconic role is revealed. It's still great to see the new actors in action. They'll probably grow into their roles in the next movie. This is a solid starting point.