X-Men: Apocalypse

Set in 1983, a decade after the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the film opens in ancient Egypt where the world's first mutant, En Sabah Nur, is worshipped as a god. After being entombed for millennia, he awakens to a world he finds corrupt and sets out to cleanse it, recruiting four Horsemen: Storm, Psylocke, Angel, and Magneto. Charles Xavier runs a thriving School for Gifted Youngsters, where a new generation of mutants including Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Nightcrawler are discovering their powers. When Apocalypse kidnaps Charles to transfer his consciousness into Xavier's body, Mystique rallies the young X-Men to rescue their mentor.

Directed by Bryan Singer, this ninth installment in the franchise had a budget of $178 million and grossed $543.9 million worldwide. The cast includes James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse. The film introduces Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, and Alexandra Shipp as Storm, passing the torch to a younger generation. Despite mixed reviews, the Quicksilver rescue sequence remains a fan-favorite set piece, taking 47 days to film with over 1,000 visual effects shots.[edit]

In 1983, a decade after the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the film opens in ancient Egypt, where the world's first mutant, En Sabah Nur, is worshipped as a god. When his followers attempt to transfer his consciousness into a new body, a conspiracy leads to his entombment for thousands of years. In the present day, Charles Xavier runs a thriving School for Gifted Youngsters, where a new generation of mutants is discovering their powers. Scott Summers struggles to control his optic blasts, Jean Grey grapples with telepathic and telekinetic abilities she cannot fully understand, and Kurt Wagner, a teleporting blue-skinned mutant, joins the school after being rescued from a cage-fighting ring.

Meanwhile, Erik Lehnsherr has attempted to build a normal life in Poland, working in a metal factory and raising a daughter with a human wife. When his secret identity is exposed during a confrontation with co-workers, tragedy strikes: his wife and daughter are killed by arrows fired by police. Magneto's grief transforms into rage, and he returns to his path of destruction.

In Cairo, a CIA operation led by Moira MacTaggert accidentally awakens En Sabah Nur from his slumber. The ancient mutant, now calling himself Apocalypse, immediately assesses the modern world as corrupt and decayed. He recruits four Horsemen to serve as his lieutenants: Storm, a young thief with weather-controlling abilities; Psylocke, a telepathic warrior; Angel, a winged mutant fighting in underground pits; and eventually Magneto, whom Apocalypse convinces that humanity must be cleansed.

Apocalypse's plan involves transferring his consciousness into Charles Xavier's body, thereby gaining the ability to control every mind on Earth simultaneously. He attacks the Xavier mansion, kidnapping Charles and destroying the school. Raven, now known as Mystique, rallies the remaining X-Men, Beast, Quicksilver, Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Nightcrawler, to rescue their mentor and prevent Apocalypse from reshaping the world in his image. The team tracks Apocalypse to Cairo, where he begins constructing a massive machine to complete the consciousness transfer, setting the stage for an epic confrontation between the ancient mutant and the young X-Men team.[edit]