Director: Bryan Singer
Rating: PG-13While I did go into X-Men: Apocalypse with lowered expectations due to the initial wave of decidedly negative press, I was pleasantly surprised in the process. I have said in the past that third films in any trilogy are incredibly difficult to get right, and that may be the case here, but the result doesn’t warrant such a slating or surface-level comparisons to other superhero juggernauts from Marvel Studios. As before, judging a movie on its own terms is the way forward. The immortal psychic mutant En Sabah Nur (Oscar Isaacs) rules Ancient Egypt until he is betrayed by his worshippers, who entomb him ...