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Theres something very wrong with this sequel: even though set in the 1980s, none of the characters have aged much since the Cuban Missile Crisis. In a few more years, James McAvoy will have to transform into Patrick Stewart, which becomes less believable with each new movie.

If you can put such qualms aside, then Apocalypse is an otherwise perfectly entertaining entry in the franchise. 2016 marks a decade since the overheated The Last Stand nearly derailed the series, so writer Simon Kinberg has a young Jean Grey say Can we at least agree that the third one is always the worst? after coming out of a screening of Return Of The Jedi.

With Bryan Singer in the directors chair, Apocalypse is a worthy follow-up to First Class and Days Of Future Past, and it wisely gives Quicksilver (Evan Peters) more screen time. Overblown ending aside, Singer has a better feel for character and action than any of the other filmmakers whove worked on the series, and he delivers another solid movie here.

If the series has a problem, its that each subsequent movie is starting to feel more like a season of a TV show than a self-contained movie, but thats how it goes with modern franchises.