The X-Men series driven into a ditch

Rating: 1/10 (22 April 2019)

This movie was really more of a cry for help than anything else. A cry unheeded given that the movie after this was somehow worse, which is saying something given how bad this one is.
This writer and director take all of the blame here. They clearly had funding to do whatever they wanted, and the cast were the same talented people from the 2 previous iterations, but some how the writer and director drove the franchise straight into a wall.
Comic books are tough material to work with. There is a lot of back story, and a fan base who like that backstory, but then there are the practical matters of filming, making a story only around two hours long is very limiting. However, the writer clearly disrespected the material from the get go. Threw things out, made thing up, for no good reason. The director then proceeded to murder the franchise, weaving a barely coherent narrative, and getting mediocre performances out of normally outstanding actors.
If your looking to save some time, just skip this one. It's so meaningless that it's essentially unwritten in later editions of the franchise. That is how much of a waste of time it is.