X-Men Apocalypse review: latest effort fails to hit the spot

After 17 years the franchise seems tired, despite some star performances

Tara Brady
Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men Apocalypse.

Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men Apocalypse.

With a nod to the profoundly unfashionable Chariots of the Gods (not to mention the recent swords and sandals mega-flop Gods of Egypt), the ninth film from the X-Men sequence opens in ancient Egypt, where En Sabah Nur (Oscar Isaacs, criminally wasted) aka Ra, the Sun God, aka Apocalypse aka Fuzzy Bunny (no, not really) has spent centuries syphoning out gnarly powers from other mutants to become a super mutant. Fisticuffs ensue and the super mutant is buried, only to emerge during the Reagan era.

So what, exactly, does this fearsome entity with mad skills want with four flunkies? Does he need his bins taken out? And what’s worse, one of the quartet is Olivia Munn’s mesmerisingly useless Psylocke. Her super powers include: holding her laser rope/sword the right way up, standing with her legs shoulder-width apart and dressing like a stripper.

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