During their mission, though, they’re attacked by a strange solar flare, which is absorbed by Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) who initially feels no different.
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The movie takes place in 1992, as Charles Xavier’s (McAvoy) fearless heroes fly into space to rescue an American space shuttle. The star power of James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain will no doubt help, but the betting is that X-Mania has waned. If this is indeed the final iteration of these characters before being absorbed into Disney’s MCU juggernauts, then perhaps it’s fitting that they go out on a somewhat exhausted note.Īrriving in the UK on June 5 and the US two days later, this Fox offering has moved around the release calendar a few times and may have difficulty matching the box-office totals for Days Of Future Past ($748 million worldwide) and Apocalypse ($544 million). But rather than being thought-provoking or streamlined, instead Dark Phoenix is a frustratingly anticlimactic, familiar tale of misunderstood mutants.ĭespite the serious tone, Dark Phoenix mostly recycles the same themes and central conflicts at the heart of this franchiseįocusing on Jean Grey, whose accidental encounter with an intergalactic energy turns her dangerously all-powerful, this long-delayed sequel can’t help but feel like an afterthought in comparison to Marvel’s recent extravaganzas.
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Like with 2017’s Logan, the film seems to be a conscious attempt to break free of the bigger-is-better strategy that informed recent X-Men adventures such as Days Of Future Past and Apocalypse. The sombre Dark Phoenix proves to be a relatively modest instalment in the X-Men saga, spending equal time on intimate character drama and adrenalized action set pieces.
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