X Men Days of Future Past is the sequel to X Men First Class and is an adaptation of the classic arc from Chris Claremont. An excellently written, cast and directed film by director Bryan Singer returning to helm the film and knows exactly what has happened to previous films and delivers an epic masterpiece to satisfy the most die hard X Men fans and casual movie-goers. Spoilers are ahead so unless you have watched the film, tread lightly.
The film starts off with great action sequences and then dives straight into the core of the movie. The future is bleak and desolate, offering little hope for the remaining X-Men as they are hunted by merciless advanced Sentinels. The only hope left is to send Logan/Wolverine back to convince the younger self of Charles Xavier to stop Raven/Mystique killing Bolivar Trask which would trigger the apocalyptic events in the dystopian future.
When Logan meets the younger Xavier, he is a broken man, having experienced much loss. Throughout the whole film, we get to experience why he has transitioned from visionary leader to a heartbroken recluse and then watch as he regains his confidence and hope again. The entire theme of the movie revolves on one major theme: Hope. That despite our differences humankind can hope to aspire to be something greater together as a society.
The characters in this film was pulled off so brilliantly by the actors portraying them. Michael Fassbender is once more convincing as young Erik/Magneto. As usual stellar performances by the old cast of the X Men. At the end where future Magneto reconciles with Professor X just adds so much layers to the character. We also get to see another side to Logan instead of the usual butt kicking rage filled berserker as he realised using his claws this time would be pointless and instead had to persuade Charles to stop Mystique. Surprisingly Logan wasn't playing a major role in it, it was more of the younger cast in First Class.
The major turning point of the film is where young Charles meets his older self. Older Charles still, despite the losses and hardship of his desolate future, believes that no matter what the future holds and no matter what society has done to inflict pain on us that we should never give up hope and faith in ourselves and others to be the better man. And that we can also show the path to others. What a great way to blend powerful messages with comic book characters and action sequences. As the film progresses, the evolution of young Charles was seamless. The ending narration of the film telling us of the endless possibilities of the future and the consequences of our actions which may bring life changing events was a fitting line to cap off a truly magnificent piece
All in all, throw in amazing character development, stunning performances from the cast particularly Jennifer Lawrence, intense action scenes, an awesome soundtrack(welcome back John Ottman) and the end result is a thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying cinematic experience. X Men Days of Future Past is the best of what comic book movies has to offer us in recent years.
As well as Hugh Jackman's bare ass.