Another franchise reboot....but this one's good.

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2012)

After three X-Men films and a pretty poor origins story attempt for Wolverine in a film of the same name, i might be forgiven for feeling a little underwhelmed by the prospect of sitting down for over two hours and watching another reboot of a popular comic book franchise. Turns out, contrary to my expectations, i had a great time. This is an origins story that attempts to entertain you rather than bog you down with exposition. The film is surprisingly light on it's feet and has many fun action set pieces as well as some eye catching sets and sexy performances. Michael Fassbender shines for the good guys as Magneto while Kevin Bacon seems to be having the best time of his career in his role as a bad guy. My only disappointment was the performance of James McAvoy, i found his character hard to believe and more importantly, hard to like. Something just seemed a little forced. Full credit must go to Matthew Vaughn for pulling this off. I was a huge fan of Kick Ass and if it weren't for how much i loved that film, i may never have tried this. I'm glad i did.