X-Men – First Class

Movie Synopsis

It’s 1962 and the Cold War between the United States and the USSR is reaching a climax. The US need to recruit people with superhuman abilities to prevent the start of World War III.

Movie Review Summary

The other X-Men films have so far been a good watch. This one lives up to the quality of those, with James McAvoy a charismatic Charles Xavier and Michael Fassbender an intriguing Magneto, they were both well cast for this film. The development of both characters is great to watch, similar to Obi-Wan and Anakin from the Star Wars III – Revenge of the Sith, where you hope time and again that Anakin will turn from the Dark side. Of course, we know in X-Men as well, that Magneto will not stick with the good Xavier but try to defeat him. While the story is perhaps a little bit odd, with the rewriting of the Cold War and Cuban missile crisis being all about the battle of mutants, it does work for this movie.

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