Charles S

7.5/10 After reading so many scathing reviews I was concerned, but actually I was pleasantly surprised. There were real glimpses of the visceral mutant team that was the hallmark of the rebirthed Claremont/Cockrum Xmen... and even without Wolverine! I was concerned it might not carry enough emotional resonance to make us care about Jean's fate, but i was surprised to find the team's descent into ever more vicious battle tactics, just to survive and to keep each other safe, kept things compelling. While we never quite got Jean's loss of control to the maelstrom that is the cosmic phoenix force, there were some nice moments of glee if not wild abandon. In all, I'm glad I went to see it and I came away pleased that this culmination felt so different to Marvel's 10 years of movies...Dark Phoenix is dark, it's chock full of mutants; people have been saying, "it's no Endgame", but why should it be?!

Felt thin, some stuff happened and I went along for the ride. I almost cared for the relationship between the two protagonists, but the hardships they went through seemed quite matter of fact in their construction. It's a straight to streaming, really, slick as it tries to be

They’ve tried to use music to add Tension/drama where the direction and editing have failed and so the whole thing feels forced...sterile because of the set, sadly it lacks any charm, so that the actors can’t really redeem it