X-Men: Apocalypse

The action, aside from the cloudy 3D, looks impressive (particularly the destruction of the Sydney Opera House), and X-Men: Apocalypse moves along tidily, but you watch thinking that all this used to be a lot more fun.

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At times, “Apocalypse” can be great fun, even if it doesn’t know when to hand its car keys to a friend and ask to be taken home.

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It's the end of the world as we know it - because we've seen it in a dozen other superhero movies by now.

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Everyone's favorite mutants are back for a new, overstuffed entry in the superhero franchise.

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The issue with X-Men: Apocalypse is that Bryan Singer suggests so many possible directions to go in and still chooses the least interesting one.

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The latest X-Men prequel goes back to the 1980s, but the now-regulation destruction is beginning to eclipse the series’ unique strangeness.

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Really, what’s most disappointing is how familiar this end of the world feels. Magneto floats with his arms out. People put fingers to temples. Nothing new to see here. Nothing more to say.

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Bloated ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Buckles Under Excessive Superhero Destruction Porn

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The problem here (there, and everywhere with these superhero films) is that X-Men strikes a main plot and then feeds it with eight or so other subplots that either flash and burn to completion or just die out.

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For every lively moment, there’s a reminder that the franchise is tiring.

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Meet the latest supervillain: He’s an ancient, power-hungry being who’s declared that the world needs to be destroyed. And saved. And cleansed. Make up your mind, dude!

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“We can all agree that the third one is usually the worst,” says Jean, coming out of a showing of Return of the Jedi, and when it comes to this recent trio of X-Men movies, she’s not wrong.

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X-Men: Apocalypse has a bad case of Batman v Superman disease.

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The more the film harks back to other X-instalments, the more you’ll wish you were watching those instead.

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Bryan Singer's fourth "X-Men" film disappoints with too many characters and an over-reliance on visual effects.

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Without an interesting villain to hold the story together, this sixth adventure of the super-powered mutant team fails to engage.

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Despite the undeniable presence of a huge amount of action, X-Men: Apocalypse is decidedly a case of more is less, especially when compared with the surprising action and more interesting personal interactions (including the temporary subtraction of some characters) in other big Marvel franchises.

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Apocalypse isn’t quite the end of the world for X-Men fans, but it might be the end of the line.

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An evil revenant seeks world domination by channeling the power of the X-Men team.

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X-Men: Apocalypse may not be the best of the supermutant action series, but it’s certainly the most … well, apocalyptic.

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“X-Men: Apocalypse” isn’t just the low point in Singer’s series, it represents one of the ugliest superhero films in recent memory.

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