(Post) Movie Review: X - Men: Days of the Future Past

Calling all geeks and nerds! Prepare to be blown away from your seats for the latest installment of Marvel’s all time infamous groups of super humans, the X – Men. After the third movie (X-Men: The Last Stand) which have been criticized by some comic book fans to be a poor adaptation of the X – Men series perhaps this year’s X – Men: Days of the Future Past will redeem the X - Men movie franchise and give us another shot of geekgasm!

Days of the Future Past is an original story from the comic book series of X – Men. The series narrates the tale of our fave mutants as they try to change a significant event in the past in order to save their race from the perils of being wipe out in the face of the earth in the future. This horrifying apocalypse of the mutant race become possible due to these machines (The Sentinels) that have only one purpose why they are built: to terminate all mutants whether they are threat or allies. Though it is inevitable that there are some major to minor difference from the original comic series, the movie is still remains true with the gist of the whole story of how Professor X and Co. change the past for a better future between humans and mutants.

The first scenes in the movie will quickly display that effect of the Sentinel Program in post -apocalyptic future as they totally dominate and destroy a small group of mutants lead by the future Kitty Pryde (Shadow Cat). Later on Kitty and the gang will meet up with Professor X, Storm and Wolverine (Cyclops and Jean are no show here for their unexpected and disappointing demise in The Last Stand). Surprisingly, another addition to the roster of our hero is the friend turn villain turn ally Magneto (Complexities is the name of the game). In order to stopped the rampage of the Sentinels, our feral friend Wolverine must go back to the past to stop Mystique from killing the scientist responsible in building the mutant destroying machines. Sounds easy? But it will not just take Wolverine’s adamantium claws to push to its limits (by the way he didn’t still possess his adamantium skeleton during the movie) but also his patience and his heart to convince the young Charles X. Xavier and Erik to join him in his seemingly impossible quest.

Quick Silver (Evan Peters) has no doubt stole the scene in the latest X-men installment with his wacky and amazing blinding speed. His role is a must to remember (though its kinda short)

As expected in any Marvel based super hero movies are the eye popping visuals and CG effects that greatly enhanced the explosive action scenes. Among that must see scenes here is the crazy and humorous trick of Quick Silver to save Wolverine, Magneto and Professor X from the rain of bullets while everyone is in slow-mo while “Time in a Bottle” is playing on the back ground! (Everyone in the theatre is laughing out loud during that part! Epic scene with an epic music is always equivalent to Classicness!) Other noteworthy scenes is Magneto’s moment where he rip apart a foot ball stadium  and let it float in the air like a flying fortress while he control all Sentinels that showers lots of mean bullets in the sky (Death from Above tactics isn’t it?). No one wonder Magneto can be the scariest villain in the X – Men universe with his superb tactics combine with metal manipulation powers (kudos to the chess games he plays with Prof. X). Sad to say, some mutants like Bishop and Blink ( she's so gorgeous by the way with his teleportation slash space bending powers) have a very short and nearly unnoticed role in movie. Majority of their appearance is strictly for action packed scenes when the Sentinel go head hunting the mutants.

Story wise, the movie I believe are more beefed up than the previous one. More conflicts make the whole movie interesting as it dig deeper into the history behind the friendship of Eric, Charles and Raven and how it end up after the story of the prequel movie X – Men First Class. We can see here a different angle on their character and how they all bear the suffering imbued in them because of the Mutant X – Gene. Expect a different side of Magneto as he shows that behind his steel heart is an enigmatic brother with a deep and zealous love for all his mutant kin as well as a near hopeless and wasted Charles X. Xavier who lamented seriously after he loss lots of his love ones ( that includes Raven and Eric in an emotional aspect). You also have to see what will happen if the future and the past Prof. X meet and greet one another (expect lots of insightful wisdom for sure!)

Of course it is a cliché to say that it all ended up nicely but prepare for a total twist that will show who will really decide the fate of the mutants before the movie reach its conclusion.

Days of the Future Past give us a fantastic ride of thrilling mutant power fest and complex story that let us have a glimpse that behind those incredible powers they possess, they are still but humans who bear both the gift and curse of having a heart and soul and responsibility that in every decision they made will affect everybody in their past or even in their future.

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars (Heres a sneak peek of X-men: Days of the Future Past)