X-Men: Dark Phoenix Movie Review

X-Men: Dark Phoenix [Dark Phoenix] (2019)

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Written by: Simon Kinberg
Directed by: Simon Kinberg
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Sophie Turner, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessica Chastain, Ato Essandoh, Halston Sage
Rated: PG-13
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Plot
Jean Grey develops incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.

Verdict
Easily the worst X-Men movie, and just bad in general. There's nothing to care about. The worst offense is that it's boring. The Jean Grey story has been done a few times and it still isn't working
Skip it.

Review
The franchise is keeping the young X-men even though there's no logic to it. I don't mind that, but it's a lack of ingenuity. The franchise is trying to play it safe. It's using the cast that worked.
Where X-men: Apocalypse had too much story, this one doesn't have enough. It's repeating the Jean Grey Dark Phoenix arc again and doing nothing to develop the characters. It's a well known, if not the most well known, but it's an safe choice.

Sophie Turner plays Jean Grey.

Jean Grey is on a rampage. While the X-men are supposed to be conflicted over what to do about Jean that part of the story is forced. The movie is pushing that Jean is out for revenge, but she doesn't have any motive.

This has aliens which are completely underdeveloped. I don't know what the aliens are after other than Jean Grey's power. There's so much this movie could have done with Jean Grey, and it does nothing.

The whole movie is a mess. The Jean Grey story has been attempted a few times, and I don't understand why it's being tried again. Magneto is shoehorned into the movie just to cram another character into the plot. Logan proved that a huge ensemble isn't necessary.

Most of the X-men movie are about something with an underlying message. X-men has been a way to confront social issues. This movie is just a way to milk the franchise. There's a reason this movie was delayed a couple times.