Men Apocalypse after credits sequence may hint to the next Wolverine film
The original X-Men cast is getting up there in years and pretty expensive, but there does seem to be a genuine camaraderie amongst them.
Yet the pleasure of his work in these franchise plays are the moments when Singer gets to color outside the lines - you can see him seeking those beats out, and luxuriating in them. Rising to seek world conquest after lying dormant and entombed for thousands of years, he feels too much like a rehash of world-imperiling threats seen elsewhere - complete with a high disregard for human life and hellacious amount of property damage.
Review of “X-Men: Apocalypse”: Action scenes look impressive, but the franchise used to be more fun. Jennifer Lawrence is back as Mystique, with her spray-on glittery blue skin and her shapeshifting skill sets. And while work on this movie began long before the evil mutant and presidential candidate Repello materialized as something more than a TV game-show jester, its fantasy message seems inimitably crucial in these truly unsafe times. Seeing Ian McKellan return, in some capacity, as Magneto would be a treat, but, considering the new cast members-Alexandra Shipp (the new Storm) attempted to reach out to Halle Berry, to no avail-are likely under contract for sequels, we’ll probably see them remain the stars of X-Men. But they didn’t come out that way.
While Singer and company hurl new mutants at us, I thought about the wasted characters.
Film facts: Stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn and Kodi Smit-McPhee. “They’re all great actors and great people”, he said, “and I had great experiences with them”.
“X-Men: Apocalypse” is also a prequel, so the fate of its characters isn’t a mystery: we already know who survives.
“Not a fan of the hair”, admitted Lawrence. “But no, it was just an ’80s mall!”. “The clothes I was OK with”.
Quicksilver (Evan Peters) easily steals this show, as almost every scene he’s in brings the stylized fun the film needs to offset the futile attempts at making Jean Grey interesting and the contrived explanation for Professor X’s sudden hair loss. I particularly loved the reprisal of the “Does it ever wake you in the middle of the night?” speech from the end of the first film - a simple yet effective way of bringing the series full circle.
It is here in Westchester County - and then in East Berlin and the forests of Poland, among other fave tourist spots - that the X-Men are introduced (or reintroduced, if you’ve been keeping up).