'X-Men: Apocalypse' - Revisited

Written by Scott Edwards

Nobody ever said that life would be easy and anyone that tells you otherwise, is lying to you. With every decision that you make determining what happens next, it can be beneficial to try and look forward and see what the outcome can be. I'm not saying that you should never take a shot at something new, since the rewards can surely outweigh the risks, but there are some things that you know you should never do and yet people continue to do them. Just make sure you are making an educated decision when choosing to make life changing events, especially if the results can be catastrophic. 
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While following a lead on where to find one of the first possible mutants to ever exist on the planet, Agent Mactaggert has been able to locate a cavern that has not seen the light of day for many years. When watching as believers of En Sabah Nur start to pray, Mactaggert sees something that has not happened in thousands of years as the golden tip of a lost pyramid is activated by the sun once again. That discovery, combined with a worldwide earthquake, clues Mactaggert into the fact that something has been awoken from the depths, but she has no idea what force it could bring to the world once again. But when she gets a visit from Professor Charles Xavier, she starts to understand that it is possible an all-powerful mutant has been released and if the stories are true, an apocalypse has been unleashed upon the world.

Staying out of the spotlight and raising a family in Poland, Erik Lehnsherr keeps his head down, but when the shaking comes through and causes one of his friends to almost be killed at the office, he is forced to show his powers one again. With locals fearing that Magneto is in their town, the police are sent to investigate and wind up killing his wife and daughter causing Magneto and his hatred for humanity to rise again. Not too far away in the world, Mystique is trying to liberate her fellow mutants and get them safe passage to anywhere that they are not known, but when getting word the Erik has resurfaced, she needs to talk to Charles about what options they have to control him. Bringing a couple of the original members back together and with the knowledge of what is happening around the world, Charles and his crew need to find a way to keep humanity safe since En Sabah Nur has risen from the ashes.

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​En Sabah Nur has only one thing on his mind and with one of his mutations, he is able to make any of his fellow mutants that follow him more powerful than they have ever been before. Being able to gather up a few of his four horsemen quickly, the addition of Magneto will be his greatest find since the young man’s power can tear the world from the inside out. While trying to find out where his old friend is, Charles is able to contact Erik, but when his psychic abilities are discovered by En Sabah Nur, he takes them over and puts the world on alert. Launching all of the nuclear warheads on earth, the old mutant shows his true power, but when Charles is able to regain control for a moment, he keeps them from coming back home. With one of the strongest mutants he has ever felt, En Sabah Nur wants to merge with Charles to make his powers complete, but the small group of X-Men that remain have something to say about that, as it is their world as well and do not want to see the powers of old return while the Earth is ripped into shreds.

Well, another X-Men trilogy has come to a close and I hate to say it, it was not any better than The Last Stand which many people did not like. I will admit that there are some bright points in this movie with En Sabah Nur in ancient Egypt and the golden top of the great pyramid being shown for its true purpose and the two female leads Jean Grey and Mystique are the strongest characters in this movie by a long shot. Outside of that and the stunning special effects, they simply tried to do too much in this movie with countless storylines that don't allow you to care about any of one of the characters. I would have liked to see a story that was more original than just recycled X-Men scripts from the past, but that is just my opinion on the matter and am happy that it is finally finished.Bringing Quicksilver back had to have been the best thing that was done in this movie as all of his scenes are fantastic and he really steals the movie from his first appearance.

Five Takeaways

1. If a secret entrance is covered, make sure you keep it covered when sneaking into a place or you may find yourself in trouble for starting an international incident.
2. Putting your hand on a television in the eighties can give you all the knowledge you need to make your way through life, but not a sense of humor.
3. When you have the power to turn people into sand to blow away, it is easier to make them mysteriously sink into the floor.
4. Releasing an animal in a secret facility is always a good idea, especially when he does not know how to speak.
5. When you have a blue character that has been already been criticized for looking like Ivan Ooze, make sure to have all the special effects around him be purple to make it true.

Bonus Takeaway

1. When one of the main characters says the third movie is ‘never that good,’ run out of the theater.

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