Marvel Comics-based sci-fi adventure, set mostly in 1992,
in which a member (Sophie Turner) of the X-Men team of mutants comes close to
dying during a mission to save the crew of the space shuttle but instead
emerges from the experience endowed with cosmic powers she cannot control. As
she goes rogue, endangering the lives of her comrades (in particular Jennifer
Lawrence), her plight causes tension within the group (led by James McAvoy).
With a more relationship-driven story than many similar films, writer-director
Simon Kinberg's somber ensemble action picture, which also features Michael
Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult and Jessica Chastain, elevates forgiveness and
solidarity over the desire for revenge. Well-catechized older teens as well as
grown-ups will likely be able to cope with the script's celebration of the
substitute family to which the most prominent characters have chosen to belong
as well as its grandiose but passing attribution of godlike abilities to
Turner's enhanced superhero.
Watch out for: Pervasive
combat violence with some gore, a few profanities and milder oaths, at least
one rough term and a single crude expression.
Rated: A-III, adults; MPAA:
PG-13
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