Dark Phoenix (2019)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2019
	Director: Simon Kinberg
	Actors: James McAvoy (Filth), Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Basterds), Jennifer Lawrence (Passengers, The Hunger Games)
	Country: USA, CDN
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 21.09.2019, in-flight entertainment 10" screen.
Synopsis: During a rescue mission in Space, the X-men are successful but Jean Grey (Turner) absorbs a cosmic force which will free her potential.
Review: I stand by my opinion that the X-men franchise should have stopped with Days of Future Past and that Logan brought the Wolverine spin-off trilogy to a satisfying end. Even if everybody agrees that the Dark Phoenix apparently excellent comics saga was badly adapted into X-men 3: The Last Stand, I was not sure another attempt was a good idea and when I see the result, it was definitely not worth it. I can't watch any more X-men movies with the same old ingredients: Xavier always on the good side but questioned by his team, Magneto turning bad for even a short length of time, Mystique, Beast, Cyclops and Jean Gray... At least Sophie Turner plays better in this one. Even the addition of new mutants doesn't help anymore (Quicksilver the only highlight in Apocalypse is quasi-absent in this movie). They would need a seriously new approach to keep me interested, like they did with Logan. It is said that some re-shoots were done, supposedly to distance the movie from Captain Marvel that came out around the same time: female lead, glowing powers, shape-shifting aliens... But that's not too apparent and I didn't find it an issue. It is just that there is nothing new in those movies apart from a few moments like the opening scene in which Mutants and finally heroes fully integrated to society and helping it.
Rating: 4 /10