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Directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men: Days of Future Past), X-Men: Apocalypse is the ninth film in the X-Men franchise. The large ensemble cast stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, and Lucas Till.
In 1983, the invincible and immortal Apocalypse is set free after being entombed for several millennia. Enraged that his kind are no longer treated as gods, Apocalypse assembles a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to destroy humankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. To end Apocalypse’s path of global destruction, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) and Professor X (James McAvoy) lead a team of young X-Men in an epic showdown with a seemingly unstoppable enemy.
“I was fascinated by the notion of ancient mutant powers, and what a mutant would think if he or she was born 20,000 or 30,000 years ago,” explains Singer. “They would, of course, think they were a god, and would behave as one. And they would be looked at and worshipped like a god. Apocalypse believed that it was his responsibility to build a society and to remove humanity’s innate savagery. Over the millennia, he had done this many times—with, for example, the Babylonians, Arcadians, Sumerians—and he’d been called many gods over many lifetimes.”
X-Men: Apocalypse is rated PG.
