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X-Men: Apocalypse

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2016 film directed by Bryan Singer

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"X-Men: Apocalypse" is a 2016 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer that continues the story of the X-Men franchise. The movie follows the mutant team as they face off against an ancient and powerful enemy.

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Film · TMDB

6.5

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Released: 2016-05-18144 minDir: Bryan SingerScience Fiction, Fantasy, ActionBudget: $178MBox office: $544MPart of: X-Men Collection

Cast

  • James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
  • Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
  • Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique
  • Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
  • Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
  • Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert

Themes

  • egypt
  • hero
  • superhero
  • mutant
  • based on comic
  • sequel
  • superhuman
  • super power
  • superhero team
  • world domination

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Ratings

IMDb

6.8/10

493,030 votes

Year
2016
Runtime
144 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
Polish
Based on
X-Men
Director
Bryan Singer
Screenwriter
Dan Harris
Cast member
Željko Ivanek
Composer
John Ottman
Producer
Bryan Singer
Production company
Marvel Entertainment
Cinematographer
Newton Thomas Sigel
Narrative location
Alberta
Filming location
Montreal
Duration
131
FilmAffinity ID
543012
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publication date
2016-05-27
title
X-Men: Apocalypse
film editor
John Ottman
production designer
Grant Major
distributed by
Disney+
executive producer
Stan Lee
Commons category
X-Men: Apocalypse
capital cost
178000000
box office
543934105
social media followers
715959
references work, tradition or theory
Who Mourns for Adonais?
review score
52/100
after a work by
Louise Simonson
set in period
1983
has characteristic
3D film
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Encyclopedic overview

X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. It is the ninth installment in the X-Men film series and sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). The film was directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Simon Kinberg, and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, and Lucas Till. In the film, the ancient mutant En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse is inadvertently revived in 1983 and plans to recreate the world in his own image, leading the X-Men to try to stop him and defeat his team of mutants.

The film was announced by Singer in December 2013, with Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris attached to develop the story. Casting began in October 2014, while principal photography commenced in April 2015 in Montreal and ended in August.

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