X-Men: Apocalypse Reviews- 12 Early Reactions You Need To Know
7. Evan Peters Is The Best Element
After stealing the show with just a single sequence in Days Of Future Past, Evan Peters' Quicksilver again emerges from the reviews as one of the most positive parts of Apocalypse. According to Variety:
"...Its Peters who emerges as the cast standout in just a handful of scenes, by bringing an offbeat sensibility to a production that otherwise plays campy cartoon material a little too straight."
New York Daily News repeat the sentiment:
"Once again, it's Evan Peters' Quicksilver who steals the movie whenever we see his powers in action, maybe because they've found a unique way to showcase them. There's even a fun but unnecessary tangent involving another popular "X-Men" character."
Not everyone was quite as convinced, with The Guardian suggesting he trots out the same routine to diminished returns:
"Fans of DOFP will be looking for a followup to the now classic frozen-time sequence in which Quicksilver dashed around the place, plucking bullets out of the air and putting people in silly positions and all to the haunting accompaniment of Jim Croces Time in a Bottle. Now he does the same thing as Eurythmics play Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Its amusing, but not quite the showstopper it was the last time and the returns are diminishing for this routine."
And the same goes for The Wrap:
"Even the films action centerpiece Quicksilver rescuing everyone from an exploding building in cheeky slo-mo feels like an exact copy of a better sequence from Days of Future Past.
Some people just don't want to be impressed...
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