Comic book thrills but far less given over to character building

Rating: 5/10 (18 November 2018)

This third film in the series is more on action, and a theme on acceptance and the morals of bio-engineering but lacks on substance. It delivers on a surface level the thrills required of a third film in a successful series. The magic of CGI is expertly carried out but there doesn't appear to be much at stake in terms of the drama, and fast editing reduces tension in the final act. Character development is dashed off in quick sketches while mutant powers are shown in all the lavish detail. All in all, it's entertaining enough.