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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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Critics Consensus

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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Gregory S

I so wanted this movie to be good. But, it wasn’t. Quicksilver was the best part unfortunately. But, it is worth getting through for him.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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R H

So terrible on so many levels. There are dozens of consistencies within the film itself. Not just in the character development or in lack of continuity between the comics, but just in the basic wheelchairs that professor x uses, clothes that people are wearing, situations that people are in. This is one sloppy sloppy movie that seems to have one goal, and that goal being to destroy X-Men movies forever. It's bad enough that they mess with timelines and completely discount origin stories, but so much emphasis is given to such trivial things. I hope that one Marvel starts making X-Men movies they will stay extremely close to the comic timeline and not introduce other characters out of sequence with the comics. And mostly acting is kind of terrible. Lastly, the last guy who plays professor x is pretty pathetic and totally miscast for the film. Moreover, professor x was not a lecherous creeper in the books. And this makes him look like almost a comical bumbling teenage minded creep

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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James E

A lot of fun, but the plot seems lacking at times and there are a few too many X-men reintroduced while also focusing on old characters, making the pacing feel a bit confused. Quicksilver steals the best scene again and Charles and Erik continue to be the best part of the film. Apocalypse himself is a bit under done and disappointing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/06/25

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Nerd W

The movie was an average Xmen film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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Benjamin J

This movie doesn't deserve all the hates it gets. Oscar Issac did an AMAZING job as En Sabah Nur (Apocalypse's real name). Me and my older brother's favorite lines are, "You can fire your arrows from the Tower of Babel, but you can never strike god!" and "All is revealed". Marvel please make Apocalypse be the main villain of the MCU Mutant Saga.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Paul S

The story was really convoluted and wasn't that interesting. The movie had some great visuals, and I liked Apocalypse as a villain, but overall, it wasn't enough to make the movie great.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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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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