X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

The evergreen Wolverine has to travel to the past in order to save mutant-kind from an ominous future. With the help of 1970's Charles Xavier and Magneto, Wolverine must prevent Mystique from assassinating an influential person. “Days of Future Past” is a beloved storyline from the Marvel Comic Book Universe. Although changes have been made to the blueprint, the Bryan-Singerization has reasonably worked because this film is essentially the sequel to X-Men: First Class (2011) and not X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). As much as I am fatigued with the X-Men movies this particular offering recaptures the freshness of X-Men: First Class. Charles, Eric and Raven are the main characters while Logan plays more of a supporting role. The acting is exceptional and the action/ special effects are better than almost all of the forerunners. The stand out scene in this movie has to be the Quicksilver action scene. It blends inventiveness and creativity to produce a memorable movie moment. Director Bryan Singer returns to the X-Men franchise he helped build. Although the unfolding of this story is considerably better than The Last Stand, Singer and company have jumbled up the continuity of the X-Men Movie Universe beyond repair. There are so many glaring errors it's redundant to even mention. This is such a shame if you consider what an impeccable job Marvel Studios is doing to cohesively link every event in their films. Although Days of Future Past is an entertaining couple of hours, the integral continuance of story has been left in the past.

Rating: 7/10

S. V. Fernando