X-Men: Apocalypse: reviews

What the critics say average 5.0 from 16

• 7.0 Screen DailyTim Grierson The X-Men adventures keep getting bigger, but Singer works extremely hard to ensure that, even when they?re not always better, they continue to thrill sufficiently. Read
• 6.7 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich If only these characters were allowed to be as complex as the ideas they fight for, 'Apocalypse' could have represented a new beginning for superhero cinema. Read
• 6.7 HitfixDrew McWeeny I enjoyed the energy of the film, and the cast is pretty solid throughout, but there?s a big problem that is inherent to the idea that we have to make these films bigger and bigger to outdo things that have come before. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw This film certainly provides bangs for your buck, although there is less space for the surreal strangeness of the X-Men to breathe, less dialogue interest, and they do not have the looser, wittier joy of the Avengers. Read
• 6.0 FotogramasJordi Battle Caminal Everything is in order and in place for recognition and enjoyment of the fan. Third installment of the refounding, the film loses the appeal of 'X -Men: Days of Future Past'. Read
• 5.0 USA TodayBrian Truitt Director Bryan Singer made more hay with Marvel?s mighty mutant menagerie in the early 2000s, but the new film comes undone with too many characters and not enough nuance or freshness. Read
• 5.0 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty 'Apocalypse' feels like a confused, kitchen-sink mess with a half dozen too many characters, a villain who amounts to a big blue nothing, and a narrative that?s so choppy and poorly cut together that it feels like you?re watching a flipbook instead of a movie. Read
• 5.0 CinemaníaYago García Begins on a high (...) According to the spectacular scale is appearing, (...) the film is the engine bay. (...) Read
• 5.0 El PaísJavier Ocaña The saga seems again some signs of deterioration, with the sense of clearly lowered mood (...) There remain, nevertheless, enough virtues in 'X -Men: Apocalypse' to continue relying on the saga. Read
• 4.2 The PlaylistRuss Fischer 'Apocalypse' feels like a cog in Fox?s perpetual-motion blockbuster machine, paying lip service to the story?s allegorical potential as it grinds our interest to dust. Read
• 4.0 The TelegraphTim Robey Better than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but not by an awful lot, and vastly less entertaining than Marvel?s current Captain America smash, it?s also curiously more sadistic. Read
• 4.0 VarietyGeoff Berkshire Although the X-Men ensembles are usually large, there are simply too many characters for the action-heavy 'Apocalypse' to properly juggle. Read
• 4.0 EmpireHelen O'Hara 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. Read
• 4.0 The WrapAlonso Duralde 'X-Men: Apocalypse' provides a hint at what might one day take down the ubiquitous superhero genre: utter dullness. For all its bangs, the movie is ultimately a whimper. Read
• 4.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy Despite the undeniable presence of a huge amount of action, 'X-Men: Apocalypse' is decidedly a case of more is less, especially when compared with the surprising action and more interesting personal interactions. Read
• 4.0 El MundoFrancisco Marinero In the approach there is no novelty (...) The special effects are so worked as in previous installments and the script is somewhat better (...). Read