Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
The emotional spectrum has widened, too, encompassing buoyant mirth and heroic tragedy.
– Jessica Winter,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Bigger and more ambitious in every respect, from its action and visceral qualities to its themes.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
15 Apr 2009
rotten:
The plotting seems dangerously self-interested, being concerned almost exclusively with the survival of the mutants themselves, and, behind the succulent effects, the tone is oddly hectoring.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
15 Apr 2013
rotten:
There's little zest, less grace and, particularly in the writing, no creative spark to ignite the imagination.