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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Directed by Bryan Singer

Action | Science Fiction | Adventure

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Overview

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Rated PG-13 | Length 132 minutes

Actors

Hugh Jackman | James McAvoy | Michael Fassbender | Patrick Stewart | Ian McKellen | Jennifer Lawrence | Halle Berry | Nicholas Hoult | Anna Paquin | Ellen Page | Peter Dinklage | Shawn Ashmore | Omar Sy | Evan Peters | Josh Helman | Daniel Cudmore | Fan Bingbing | Adan Canto | Booboo Stewart | Evan Jonigkeit | Famke Janssen | James Marsden | Lucas Till | Mark Camacho | Zehra Leverman | Alexander Felici | Jan Gerste | Massimo Cannistraro | Mike Dopud | Lee Villeneuve | Andreas Apergis | Robert Montcalm | Gregg Lowe | Jaa Smith-Johnson | Alex Ivanovici | Alain Dahan | Freddy Bessa | Patricia Tougas | Michael Lerner | Chris Claremont | Len Wein | François Paquette | Zabryna Guevara | Angela Galuppo | Milo Chang Sigel | Kiana Chang Sigel | Victor Cornfoot | Brent Skagford | Kyle Gatehouse | John-sebastien Cote | Stéphane Julien | Taris Tyler | Darryl Scheelar | Thai-Hoa Le | Johnny Tran | Gregory Hlady | Dang Quoc Thinh | Vladimir Aksenov | Jimmy Chan | Julian Casey | Robert Crooks | Matt Cooke | Tim Post | Jason Deline | Karine Vanasse | Pierre Leblanc | Jude Beny | Arthur Holden | Sean Curley | Susanna Fournier | Andrew Peplowski | John Sanford Moore | Moe Jeudy-Lamour | Harry Strandjofski | Brianna Bone | Neil Napier | Jason Koehler | Miya Shelton-Contreras | Mizinga Mwinga | Chistian Jadah | Brendan Pedder | Bryan Singer | Kelsey Grammer

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/24/2014Movie ScreenDigitalTheater7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Really, really like the character moments. Not crazy about the execution of this particular story, one of the best ever in the X-men comics history (after the Dark Phoenix Saga). Time travel is such a sticky wicket in the movies and here is no exception. At least it makes for a convenient way to clean up some of the shoddy storytelling in the other films esp. X3 and Origins.

It’s also the odd the X-film where Wolverine is a centerpiece character and yet really doesn’t do anything. All the best moments are taken by the others around him. Even a surprise sequence by Quicksilver is a show stopper.

The subtitle could have easily been The Rise of Magneto. He’s such an unstoppable force that when he is stopped it really is a surprise. Also wonder how he was captured and imprisoned in the first place without the help of Xavier. So many questions.

I do love that so many of the previous X-characters were included even if many didn’t get much screentime. But how everything resolves here I wonder what they will do next and which characters would return. Odd that Anna Paquin is so highly billed in the final credits with only a brief cameo appearance. Wonder how many scenes were cut.

I really love Warpath and Blink. And Ellen Page even if they altered Kitty Pryde’s character to have those powers.

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