X-men: First Class
Following the attempts of a malicious fellow to cause a war in early 60's, the government of the United states decided to employ the help of some mutant superhuman.
9 April 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 October 1962, Bamberg, Germany
29 October 1977, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
11 April 2000, Santa Monica, California, USA
September 5, 1984 in Nowy Sacz, Malopolskie, Poland
20 August 1947, Akron, Ohio, USA
27 December 1995, Surrey, England, UK
13 December 1969, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
12 February 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 July 1979, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
7 December 1989, Garland, Texas, USA
12 January 1960, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
18 March 1947, Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland
10 March 1979, Nairobi, Kenya
10 August 1990, Fort Hood, Texas, USA
July 14, 2015
That First Class also offers up a decent narrative about the importance of self-love, family bonding and friendship gives it extra dimension -- even if the overall dramatic range only goes X to Z.
August 03, 2013
The climax is the biggest letdown, a giant hash of crosscutting and unremarkable (in an era in which we've seen everything) CGI.
June 03, 2011
This blazing "pre-boot" breathes new life into the sagging franchise
July 14, 2015
X-Men: First Class manages the neat trick of staying true to the superhero legend while also creating something fresh and exciting. This class graduates with top marks.
March 11, 2016
Many of the scenes could have been trimmed, and there's a serious Hugh Jackman-shaped void in the comedy stakes, but for the most part, X really hits the spot.
July 13, 2015
Why be so harsh and long-winded about a superhero movie? Because it's an ambitious superhero movie.
October 07, 2011
As X-Men films go, this one gets the job done and is certainly better than Last Stand or Wolverine. But there are still just too darn many X-Men.
July 14, 2015
For reasons arising from the way the X-Men film franchise has developed, this is the first Marvel movie set in the period when the characters were created, and thus able to embrace the Rat Pack cool that was part of their original charm.
July 14, 2015
In truth, the film is a very conventional summer potboiler repackaged in reasonably pretty, moderately crisp wrapping paper. In short, not quite groovy enough.
June 03, 2011
It uses the themes of the previous movies to build an intelligent, fast-paced, and highly entertaining prequel.
July 14, 2015
Neither exhilarating nor entirely dismissible.
June 27, 2011
Looks and feels like a very cheesy Cold War-era B movie...
