Calling all Mutants

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2011)

This is by no comparison the best X-Men movie to date in my opinion. Director Matthew Vaughn previously known for his shocker film Kick-Ass brings the story of how the friendship of Magneto and Professor X became a rivalry. The movie is set during the events of the Cuban Missile crisis which is a nice tie in and introduces several characters from the comic books to us. We get a stellar cast led by Wanted star James McAvoy and rising star Michael Fassbender. Kevin Bacon stars as the main villain behind all the treachery and a person foe to Magneto's character. The film is well paced, and although we don't go too in depth with each of the individual mutant characters, it's enough to make you care fro the ones on screen. There is great dialogue written into the script which never enters the cheese factor and keeps it pretty straight forward. There are great action set pieces along with amazing FX and steady camera work that doesn't shake up the action to the point of it being blurred. This is a fun, energetic and relentlessly entertaining movie from start to finish. Even though he is not behind the directors chair, Bryan Singer was part of the experience of making this movie and it shows through subtle nuances. We also get some great cameos, one in particular which brought the house down with laughter when I was in the theater. I cannot wait for the sequel and hopefully this movie starts a new franchise that will far exceed its predecessor franchise that has been left in the dust.