3 Ups And 7 Downs From X-Men: Apocalypse

1. The Campy Feel Gives It A Unique Tone

Above all, the thing I liked the most was the campy tone. Were talking about a movie where a bunch of teenagers who shoot various coloured beams are taking on a 10,000 year-old near-God. Its not going to be all that grounded and serious.

At its best, the film embraces this the opening is Grade A genre flick and for stuff like Angels transformation the film remembers its set in the eighties. The depth on show of the mutant world really hammers this home - while you have the central set of characters, there's plenty of less noteworthy characters in the background with bonkers powers and designs whose inclusion (and often deaths) help boost things.

Unfortunately, while all this does in part make X-Men: Apocalypse a unique, comic-book faithful experience, its not followed through properly. Many moments, especially in the finale, are far too serious and faux-epic that the whole thing start to crumble.

And now its time to go to the downs...