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X-Men: Apocalypse (12A)

X-Men: Apocalypse (12A)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

With the emergence of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

The critical consensus

The biggest X-Men movie yet doesn’t scrimp on carnage, but lacks the heft of Singer’s previous instalments. Slightly naff baddie too.

***(*)(*)Matt Maytum, Total Film, 09/05/2016

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

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 09/05/2016

X-Men Apocalypse is very rousing fare even if it does leave a mind-boggling number of loose ends and unanswered questions.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 10/05/2016

Messier and heavier than Days Of Future Past, this is not so much the next step in the X-Men’s evolution as a failed callback to past glories.

**(*)(*)(*)Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 10/05/2016

X-Men is a franchise that can coast on the considerable appeal of its suitably extraordinary ensemble, but even these actors can’t distract from the fact that this well has run desperately dry of ideas.

***(*)(*)Emma Simmonds, The List, 17/05/2016

A dreary instalment of the X-Men superhero franchise.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 18/05/2016

X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t perfect but it is still a rousing, actionpacked tale and after so many sequels it achieves the impressive feat of leaving you wanting more.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 20/05/2016

We can’t fault the ambition on show, and it isn’t a genuinely bad film but, as with the Avengers, there are too many characters to juggle, with the result that it feels simultaneously lumbering and overly lightweight.

**(*)(*)(*)Kevin Wight, TVBomb, 21/05/2016

Oscar Isaac takes his turn as the bad guy in this latest likable instalment of the comic superhero saga.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 22/05/2016

Is it too much to ask that X-Men: Apocalypse spells the end of days for this very tiresome franchise?

**(*)(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 22/05/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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