![]() Fassbender and McAvoy, no longer the main characters, still play their key roles, but their interactions (until the end) are familiar and unoriginal. The action sequences are technically well-executed: a flurry of mutants fights first among themselves, then together against a common enemy. And some comic relief would have been welcome amid the grief and intensity of Jean's journey, but not even Quicksilver ( Evan Peters) gets more than a zinger or two. In other words, the X-Men who've made the previous First Class films watchable, funny, and clever aren't given enough screen time to shine. Writer/director/producer Simon Kinberg focuses on Jean's dark transformation, but that story comes at the expense of several characters who are limited to supporting/barely there roles. ![]() Turner is well-cast as Jean Grey, but she can't elevate this serviceable but unremarkable final X-Men film into the pantheon of memorable series endings. She then leaves the X-Men, tragically kills one of her friends, and ends up teaming up with the alien leader - who convinces her she should unleash her powers and destroy the world. As Jean grows more unpredictable and dangerous, she causes property damage, injures her friends, and discovers a secret that Professor X was hiding about her past. Meanwhile, the leader of a dying alien race arrives on Earth, takes over the body of an unlucky woman ( Jessica Chastain), and searches for the power residing within Jean. During the mission, Jean ( Sophie Turner) absorbs the cosmic power of a solar flare, with some life-changing side effects: She suddenly transforms into an ever-growing powerful being. Fast-forward to 1992, when Professor X, at the president's request, sends the X-Men to space to rescue imperiled astronauts. ![]() ![]() DARK PHOENIX starts in 1975, with a flashback to a young Jean Grey, whose telekinetic powers accidentally cause a tragic car crash that leaves her orphaned and handed into the care of Charles Xavier ( James McAvoy). ![]()
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