9 Ways X-Men: Apocalypse Is The Most Frustrating Comic Book Movie Of The Year

9. Apocalypse Is A Lame Villain

Oscar Isaac is awesome; this is an indisputable fact. The performances he gave in Ex Machina, Inside Llewyn Davis and Show Me A Hero didn't happen by accident, so the announcement he was playing Apocalypse was news worth rejoicing over. Sure, the early “Ivan Ooze” photos didn’t look great, but if anyone could shine in the role it was him.

Sadly not even he could make it work. The character is achingly one-note, and his favourite pastime is making lengthy, portentous speeches. Since his face is buried under layers of make-up there’s not much life he can bring to it either, though he does give the speeches all the gusto he can muster.

The character should be a terrifying force of nature but the menace just isn't there, and his random selection of mutant powers just gets ridiculous after a while. He doesn't suck quite as bad as Doomsday, for example, but a CGI cave troll has less riding on him performance wise than an actor of Isaac's caliber.