X-Men: Apocalypse

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X-Men: Apocalypse

PG-13

Released May 27, 2016

2h 23m

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Worshiped as a god since the dawn of civilization, the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) becomes the first and most powerful mutant. Awakening after thousands of years, he recruits the disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and other mutants to create a new world order. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying mankind.

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Overloaded action and a cliched villain take the focus away from otherwise strong performers and resonant themes, making X-Men: Apocalypse a middling chapter of the venerable superhero franchise.

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Ariana Vives

Bitch Media

It wasn't terrible, and I don't think it entirely deserves its dismal 47 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But it should serve as a wake-up call regarding the franchise's future direction.

Feb 10, 2021

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Antonia Quirke

Financial Times

The set-up is sometimes quite intriguing. Especially when it features Michael Fassbender as Magneto (massively magnetic).

Rated: 3/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Compared to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (a convoluted snore) or Captain America: Civil War (bombastic and contrived) X-Men: Apocalypse is the one that's worth the price of admission.

Nov 8, 2016

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Much of the film is spent either reminding and recalling previous events in other films, or foreshadowing events that are due to happen in a future sequel. The sheer quantity of character threads fracture the film’s structure.

Rated: 6/10

Jul 19, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s hard to ignore how the film turns a blind eye to several glaring plot problems. I mean am I silly to think they might address the 10 million people killed when a city is leveled?

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

If there's one characteristic that sets the X-Men franchise apart from the MCU, its how rarely the films remain true to the comics, both in their storylines and characters.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 15, 2022

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Eye C

I remember it way worse, but this third time it just blew my mind. The X-Men Saga should end it right here.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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esther d

This movie is an absolute trash 😂 the characters are boring and useless and annoying how do you go from days of future past to this miserable sad excuse of X-Men movie I couldn't stand the new Jean and Scott like what the hell is going on here X-Men movies deserve better than this they really do I don't recommend it but you watch it to see it for what it is👎❌

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Logan H

Not bad, but certainly worse than first class. Some scenes were a bit weird, too.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Zein U

Absolutely fantastic movie! Would recommend everyone to watch this masterpiece of a movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Steve F

It certainly felt like a letdown at the time following First Class and the near perfect Days of Future Past. But rewatching it recently after several years, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit more. I think what hurt it was the villain and his sidekicks were just the absolute epitome of cartoony comic villains. Apocalypse himself has absolutely zero charisma or interesting back story. He's just all-powerful, that's all. And his sidekicks have even LESS character. Like so many of the films in this franchise, there's just too much going on, too many characters, for us to get to know any of them. And Jennifer Lawrence is already showing signs of severe franchise fatigue. Even so, the action was good and Fassbender / McAvoy are still giving it their all. Hoult and newcomers Turner and McPhee also bring their best. This is probably the last in the direct franchise that I would still say is worth watching.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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Breno S

Não é um filme terrível. Na minha consepção ele tem o título de medíocre. Tem um foco claro em certos atores. Nem todos os personagens tem sua história muito bem desenvolvida. A atuação não é ruim. Mas a direção perde em alguns detalhes. O roteiro é meio quebrado. Tem certas adaptações ruins. Em um contesto de 0 à 10 ele tem uma nota 6.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/29/25

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Synopsis

Worshiped as a god since the dawn of civilization, the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) becomes the first and most powerful mutant. Awakening after thousands of years, he recruits the disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and other mutants to create a new world order. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying mankind.

Director: Bryan Singer
Producer: Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, Hutch Parker, Lauren Shuler Donner
Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Marvel Entertainment, Kinberg Genre, Bad Hat Harry, Twentieth Century Fox, Donners' Company, TSG Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Action and Destruction|Sequences of Violence|Some Suggestive Images)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 27, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $155.0M
Runtime: 2h 23m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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