May 28, 2016 12:25 PM
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However, when an ancient power reemerges after several millennia, enlisting the help of powerful mutants for the purpose of freeing mutantkind from the shackles of humanity, Mystique and Charles must join forces one last time – as well as rely on a new generation of young heroes to save the world. s a result, the mutant forefather functions more as a counter-point to the various beliefs of main X-Men heroes, rather than a particularly layered character himself – which is all the more disappointing given that award-winner Oscar Isaac is buried under purple makeup(preventing the talented actor from conveying anything but flat “evil” in Apocalypse as a character). A dull plan and narrow emotional range might be forgivable if Apocalypse set the stage for groundbreaking superhero battles but, in spite of an origin story that would allow the baddie to utilize a variety of cool mutant abilities, Apocalypse is merely a hard-to-kill but slow-moving bullet-sponge.
