X-Men: Days of Future Past - His Past, Our Future

X-Men: Days of Future Past 

This is perhaps the most compelling of its sequel comeback... Well written and superbly acted, the movie features Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, all of whom deliver strong performances, including Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage.

The movie revolves between the dark past and ominous present, comprises of various settings and complex plots brilliantly. Bryan Singer dwells longingly on the young Professor Xavier (James McAvoy), who has to bear the fact that not only is he paralyzed, but also lost his trust of his friends and everything he held dear. The blue Beast (Nicholas Hoult) for some reason remains loyal with him, despite him being a complete douchebag and drunken alcoholic who wasted his time secluding himself from reality.

The story centers on the character and one’s decisions – Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique – which results in major consequences for her actions, while Magneto (Michael Fassbender), also has to decide his own path... in which both end up in some relatively weighty performances.

Packed with lots of adrenaline-rush actions, X-Men: Days of Future Past has some outstanding story arcs – it started with an amusing prison break led by Quicksilver (Evan Peters), followed by tons of action which takes place in the apocalyptic future, where mutants ceased to exist. Unfortunately, the future is tragically underdeveloped, in which their lives and deaths are essentially frivolous. The movie is awesome and unique on its own because of the rare instances that Singer projects in ensuring that the three major parts of the timeline (present to past to future) link well together into one movie.

X-Men movie buffers may be disappointed by the fact that Wolverine isn’t much of a badass, with the exception to the first few moments early on in the movie. Considering the absence of his adamantium, he’s been downgraded to only his bone claws, without his usual superior metal claws, the story just gets more interesting. And finally, the big climax isn't nearly as thrilling as you'd expect. It would’ve been a good one if there are more plot-twist scenes added into the movie since X-Men movie buffers are looking forward to be on the edge of their seats throughout the journey of this anticipated movie. 

Though it isn't as good as X2: X-Men United, this movie has somehow successfully prepared X-Men for a future reborn, and sets the stage for a new wave of mutant goodness for years to come.

WE CAME TO A CONCLUSION TO GIVE A 3.5/5 STARS

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