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Dark Phoenix (2019)

Directed by Simon Kinberg

Science Fiction | Action

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Overview

The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she’s hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey’s new abilities to rule the galaxy.

Rated PG-13 | Length 114 minutes

Actors

Sophie Turner | James McAvoy | Nicholas Hoult | Tye Sheridan | Michael Fassbender | Alexandra Shipp | Evan Peters | Jessica Chastain | Kodi Smit-McPhee | Jennifer Lawrence | Scott Shepherd | Ato Essandoh | Brian d'Arcy James | Halston Sage | Lamar Johnson | Summer Fontana | Hannah Anderson | Josh McLaglen | Todd Hallowell | Julianne Jain | Michael Kives | Karen Ivany | Lynne Adams | Alex Gravenstein | Daniel Rindress-Kay | Raphael Grosz-Harvey | Orphée Ladouceur | Richard Dagenais | Dan Duran | Isabel Farias Lehoux | Gryffin Hanvelt | Emilio La Torre | Julian Bailey | Andre Bedard | Michael Lipka | Robert Montcalm | Sebastian MacLean | Vanessa Jackson | David Patrick Green | Sean Dennis | Eloi Archambaudoin | Yanek Gadzala | Aphra Williams | Maurizio Terrazzano | Simon Alain | Sébastien Bolduc | Chris Claremont | Matt Keyes | Suzanna Lenir | Amir Sám Nakhjavani | Donny Falsetti | Brady Allen | Dave Campbell | Andrew Stehlin | Kota Eberhardt | Tyler Elliot Burke | Danny Blanco Hall | Aalia Adam | Peter Anthony Holder | Christopher B. MacCabe | Frank Fontaine | Bonkers | Sébastien Beaulac | Alain Chanoine | Douglas Chapman | Frédéric North | Brian A. Reynolds | Doug Uttecht | Ben Skorstad | Warren Harris | Melissa Toussaint | Craig Snoyer | Tony Saquett | Stephane Ouellet | Xavier Sotelo | Olivier Lamarche | Christian Labbé | Guy Iannacone | Eldon Hunter | Christopher Hayes | Amélie Hadouchi | Frédéric Gilles | Julien Irwin Dupuy | Marine Buton | Daniel Cudmore | Ilyes Belayel | George Chiang | Éric Clark | Alexandre Bélanger | Joey Coleman

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Not gonna stop with the last one having seen them all in theater. Shoulda asked my buddy Kevin if he wanted to go since he’s in town (we went to the very first X-men movie together at the Regal Lincolnshire).

Anyways, this is perhaps the worst of all the films and a very sad ending for what should’ve been the most promising given the rich storylines to draw from. This movie commits one the greatest cinematic sins; it’s boring. In fact, it looks like the final episode in a 12 ep series you’d find on SyFy. Normally this wouldn’t be a bad thing but it is when it’s a wide release capper to a long series of films that started 20 years ago. These characters deserved better.

Sad thing is, I like these actors yet it feels like they’re just performing for the contract they signed. It’s hard to believe anyone in this as tho they know they’re playing make-believe. Credit to Fassbender for still rising above this awful screenplay to still give ole Magneto some potency. The rest of the cast are just there doing some things, none of it interesting. I almost fell asleep.

Weirdly enough, there were smatterings of applause in my audience when the film ended. Maybe they were just happy that this franchise is officially over as we know it. Hope Disney/Marvel gives this IP a good rest before merging it into the MCU.

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