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May 27, 2016
At the Movies: 'X-Men: Apocalypse' a superhero prequel
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
AP Entertainment Writer
It's a bit of bad timing for “X-Men: Apocalypse” coming third in this summer's superhero lineup.
Director Bryan Singer invigorates his latest X-Men film with vintage 1980s charm in an origin story about how the mutant supergroup unites and divides in response to the villain Apocalypse. And while battles between heroes are an X-Men tradition, warring among the ranks has become a superhero trope this season, at play in both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Captain America: Civil War.”
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