My X-Men:First Class Movie Review

There will be no spoiler in this review but I would just like to point out things why you shouldn’t miss X-men First Class, especially for those who are X-Men fanatics like me.

Movie Info:

X-Men First Class brings together a character-driven story that unveils the beginning of X-men Saga.    Its set when they were mid-20s discovering their powers.   Ergo the period where the “first class” discovers, harnesses, and comes to terms with their formidable powers, alliances are formed that will shape the eternal war between the heroes and villains of the X-Men universe.

Why you should watch the First Class movie:

1. It gives more focus on Magneto’s story and how he turned out to be like that.
2. You will understand why Professor X and Magneto somehow could not kill each other in their X-Men Saga encouters.
3. You will know how  X-Men started and who gave them those names 🙂
4. Will give you a tiny background why Professor X got crippled.
5. There’s a cameo of Wolverine that you will enjoy.
6. The super amazing effects and stunts that will WOW you!



7. It will give you a brief background of  Beast and Mystique and who made the Cerebro and the X-Jet and the first X-Men uniform .
8. There was someone else who wore that headgear Magneto was wearing to prevent Professor X from reading his mind.
9. It was amazing to learn who were Professor X / Charles first allies before
10. Its the period where the “first class” were recruited and how the faction began.

First Class Round-up of  Characters

Matthew Vaughn directs the movie from a screenplay by Bryan Singer where we meet the young subhumans with extraordinary powers that can both save and destroy the world.   Rose Byrne also joins the powerful cast as Dr. Moira Mac Taggert. Meet some more of “X-Men: First Class’” extraordinary subhumans:

• Sebastian Shaw played by Kevin Bacon is a force of incalculable evil who can absorb energy and re-channel it. A former Nazi collaborator whose early research altered the life of Erik Lensherr, he will stop at nothing to start a war to ensure that mutants inherit the earth.



• Emma Frost played by January Jones is a telepath and close ally of Shaw. With an indestructible diamond-like skin, she can as well project her thoughts and will into another’s mind.
• Raven aka Mystique played by Jennifer Lawrence is a close friend to Charles Xavier who is a metamorph – or shape-shifter – she can assume the form of any humanoid creature she chooses.  The mutant teen works hard to lead a “normal” life and hide her gifts, but the battle between Xavier’s mutants and Shaw’s forces leads her on a different path.
• Hank McCoy aka Beast played Nicholas Hoult (who beat Twilight’s Taylor Lautner to the role) is a brilliant scientist with only a few mutant features until a serum unexpectedly unlocked the superhuman Beast within.
• Azazel played by Jason Flemyng can teleport by opening a portal into another dimension. He is a key player in Sebastian Shaw’s plans to make sure that mutants inherit the planet.
• Armando Munoz aka Darwin played by Edi Gathegi can adapt to any situation or environment – when plunged underwater, he grows gills and gains night vision in the dead of the night.



• Alex Summers aka Havok played by Lucas Till (who is best known opposite Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana movie) is a fearless mutant who has the ability to absorb cosmic energy and discharge blasts from the energy. The handsome, athletic mutant has difficulty with his impressive powers, until Charles Xavier teaches him how to harness them.
• Angel Salvadore aka Angel played by Zoë Kravitz is a beautiful ex-dancer who possesses a stunning tattoo of insect-like wings, which become actual wings growing from her back, giving her the gift of flight.  Her arsenal is a deadly acid, which she projectile vomits in combat.
• Sean Cassidy aka Banshee played by Caleb Landry Jones has unique sonic blasts that carry him into flight.  Like other young mutants, Banshee’s powers reach their full potential only under Charles Xavier’s patient tutelage – and in a battle that will have global consequences.
• Questad aka Riptide played by Alex Gonzales is also Sebastian Shaw’s closest ally, Riptide creates powerful whirlwinds that can demolish buildings – and challenge even the most powerful mutants.

X-Men: First Class opened June 2 (Thursday) in Phillippine theaters from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros. Visit  20th Century Fox (Philippines) on Facebook and on www.youtube.com/20thcenturyfoxph for promos and latest clips.

Thanks to Nuffnang Phillipines and Hapee toothpaste for the movie invite and to Warner Bros. for the First Class photos and info.

I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!

Stay gorgeous everyone!