X-Men First Class

(U)
Release Date: 2nd June 2011
Language: English
Running Time: 132 mins
Genre: Action, Adventure
Director: Mathhew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Onlookers,

X-Men First class is a prequel to the future series reavealing the origin of the X-men. It began with the hatred of Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) towards Sebastian Shaw, who had killed Erik's mother to acccentuate his magnetic abilities. As he matured, he set off to avenge his mother's death. When he found Sebastian Shaw in Argentina, Professor Xavier, who was also in pursuit of Sebastian together with the CIA, saved his life. Thus, began the rounding up of the young mutants with the help of Cerebro, created by Hank McCoy (Beast).

5 young mutants, Raven (Mystique), Darwin, Angel, Havok, and Banshee were gathered to be trained to fight against Sebastian Shaw, together with his sidekicks, Azazel, Riptide, and Emma Frost. Their collision caused some casualties and Magneto subsequently vowed to fight against human and not with them as aspired by Professor X.

Very good summary of a long story about the founding of the xmen. superb visual effects and cast. Nothing much to say, except that the Xmen series never failed to amaze ;)

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