Rotten
It's basically a closing chapter to a feeble trilogy that started out pretty well and then ran out of gas, and now must serve as a prequel to shadowy X-related endeavors yet to come.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
X-Men: Apocalypse
Only the strong will survive.
2016 · 2h 24m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bryan Singer
Overview
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Director and cast
- Bryan Singer Director
- James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
- Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
- Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
- Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique
- Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
- Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau / Gambit
- Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
- Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
- Evan Peters Cast
- Josh Helman Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
47%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Some of the franchise stalwarts, such as Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, are given too little to do. Most are given too much.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
Without a compelling villain, it's hard to resist feeling like it's just more of the (mutated) same.
Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
Rotten
Comic fans will be mystified. Movie fans will be confused. Everyone will leave disappointed.
Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
Rotten
There's no spark, and everyone lumbers through the motions. The apocalypse, it turns out, is deadly dull.
Adam Graham, Detroit News
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