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.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 47 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The plot is about a fearful society whose expansion of its security apparatus has unintended consequences, but Singer doesn't even touch the story's topical resonances... There's also no real moral quandary to be grappled with.
– Alex Pappademas,
Grantland,
23 May 2014
fresh:
Quicksilver ... is the coolest of this picture's new guys, zipping around so fast ... that he can taste soup, rearrange guards' limbs, and nudge bullets off their trajectories all in the time it takes to blink.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR,
23 May 2014
fresh:
I would be remiss not to note that tucked away amid all the existential melodrama is perhaps the most hilarious set piece ever to grace a superhero film.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2014
fresh:
The results are both dazzling and intimate, clever and - during one tour-de-force sequence - spectacularly funny.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
28 May 2014
rotten:
Much of this takes place in the early 1970s, which gives the filmmakers an excuse to haul out lots of vintage kitsch and make some rather tasteless references to the Vietnam war.