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In a grim future in which mutants and their human sympathizers are systematically hunted and killed by towering, unstoppable robots called Sentinels, Wolverine travels back in time to prevent mass genocide in X-Men: Days of Future Past. This deftly scripted and unusually affecting installment of the long-running series is marked by the notable return of director Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2: X-Men United), who succeeds in delivering a film that ranks among the very best of the franchise. The film opens in a dark and desolate future that was set in motion in 1973, when brilliant scientist Dr. Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) created a series of giant robots called Sentinels for the sole purpose of wiping out mutants, whom he claimed were a direct threat to the human race. Though initially programmed solely to target mutants, the Sentinels soon began eradicating humans who possessed the DNA to breed mutants, and eventually, any mortal mutant sympathizers. Desperate, Prof. Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) devise a plan to have Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back to the year when Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) assassinated Trask -- it turns out that Mystique inadvertently accelerated the Sentinel program when she was subsequently captured by Sgt. William Stryker (Josh Helman), who succeeded at harvesting her DNA to make the robots more powerful than ever before. Upon arriving in the past, Wolverine quickly seeks out a much younger Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), as well as Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and Quicksilver (Evan Peters), and together they help break a young Magneto (Michael Fassbender) out of a heavily fortified prison cell hundreds of feet beneath the Pentagon. Meanwhile, with the help of Havok, Ink, Toad, and Spike, Mystique is already moving in for the kill. Although Wolverine, Beast, Charles, and Magneto manage to thwart the assassination, Charles and Magneto once again find themselves at odds after the latter attempts to alter the plan at the last moment, creating a mass panic during a post-Vietnam War peace summit in Paris. And Dr. Trask, still fuming from having had the Sentinel program rejected by Congress, takes his proposal directly to President Nixon (Mark Camacho), laying the groundwork for an even darker future than the one Wolverine was sent back to prevent. Between the time-traveling, the globe-trotting, and the plethora of characters both human and mutant featured in X-Men: Days of Future Past, it's something of a small miracle that the film doesn't dwarf The Wolf of Wall Street in terms of running time. Despite the challenge of telling a story that's genuinely epic in scope, screenwriter Simon Kinberg manages to incorporate all of these daunting factors into a script that's impressively lean yet rich in detail. Practically all of the key players are given satisfying story arcs that are true to their characters' personalities and motivations, allowing us to connect with them on an emotional level. Of course, it helps that a talented cast has been tasked with bringing these characters to life, and thanks to some of the most talented actors and actresses of their generation, each of their arcs possess the appropriate gravity. Fassbender and Lawrence in particular are incredibly engaging as the rogue mutants whose blinding rage prevents them from seeing the consequences of their actions, and Dinklage is deeply compelling as the man who fails to grasp the terrifying implications of his unrelenting xenophobia. It's his character who serves as the lens for Kinberg to explore the psychology of fear that has fueled horrific atrocities such as the Holocaust, and that is never quite as far from reality as some would like to believe. Much like Wolverine's mission, it all could have fallen apart so easily without a sense of focus, but Singer, returning to the franchise for the first time since 2003's X2, crafts a sequel that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best of the series. Opening with a spectacular sequence that dares us not to blink as it introduces a nightmarish new threat, he is at the top of his game in terms of action, using spatial relations and special effects in ways that make the threat to the mutants unequivocally terrifying. Still, as any perceptive director would, Singer wisely softens the tone following the intensity of the incredibly grim introduction, emphasizing character development and humor as Wolverine arrives back in the early 1970s -- especially in a showstopping scene in which Quicksilver helps to break Magneto out of the Pentagon. By disarming us with these sequences, Singer and Kinberg allow us to focus on the characters and their relationships -- both crucial components when it comes to reinforcing the film's central themes of actions and consequence. At a time when comic-book fatigue is as much a threat to the box office as the Sentinels are to the mutants, Singer's ambitious sequel not only reinforces the strengths of the series that helped to kick off the millennial superhero-movie trend, but also maintains that, at their best, these films can be more than just mindless entertainment.
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Product Details
Actors: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry
Directors: Bryan Singer
Writers: Simon Kinberg, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Producers: Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, 3D
Language: English (DTS 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: October 14, 2014
Run Time: 132 minutes
Cast & Crew
Hugh Jackman Logan/Wolverine
James McAvoy Charles Xavier/Professor X
Michael Fassbender Erik Lensherr/Magneto
Jennifer Lawrence Mystique/Raven
Patrick Stewart Charles Xavier/Professor X
Ian McKellen Erik Lensherr/Magneto
Nicholas Hoult Hank McCoy/Beast
Peter Dinklage Bolivar Trask
Omar Sy Bishop
Fan Bingbing Blink
Daniel Cudmore Peter "Colossus" Rasputin
BooBoo Stewart Warpath
Evan Peters Quicksilver
Anna Paquin Rogue
Lucas Till Alex Summers/Havoc
Halle Berry Storm
Shawn Ashmore Bobby Drake/Iceman
Ellen Page Kitty Pryde
Evan Jonigkeit Toad
Adán Canto Sunspot
Josh Helman Stryker
Mark Camacho President Nixon
Alexander Felici Young Mutant Scavenger
Jan Gerste Gwen
Massimo Cannistraro Ramone
Mike Dopud Pinstripe Mafioso
Lee Villeneuve Black Coast Mafioso
Andreas Apergis Col. Sanders
Robert Montcalm Vietnam MP Guard
Greg Lowe Ink
Jaa Smith-Johnson Mutant Soldier
Alex Ivanovici Quarantine Doctor
Patricia Tougas Quarantine Nurse
Alain Dahan Quarantine Doctor #2
Michael Lerner Senator Brickman
Chris Claremont Congressman Parker
Lenn Wein Congressman Davis
François Paquette Congressman McCarter
Zabryna Guevara Trask Secretary
Zehra Leverman Ms. Maximoff
Angela Galuppo Pentagon Tour Guide
Milo Chang Sigel Pentagon Tour Boy
Kiana Chang Sigel Pentagon Young Girl
Kyle Gatehouse Pentagon Cook
Jean-Sebastien Côté Mustachioed Kitchen Guard
Stéphane Julien Kitchen Guard
Taris Tyler Pentagon Elevator Guard
Darryl Scheelar Armed Kitchen Guard
Thai-Hoa Le General Nhuan
Johnny Tran Vietnamese Captain
Gregory Hlady General Petrov
Dan Quoc Thinh Vietnamese Translator
Vladimir Aksenov Russian Translator
Jimmy Chan Chinese Translator
Julian Casey Peace Summit Reporter
Robert Crooks Nixon Aide
Matt Cooke Secretary of Defense
Tim Post US Army General
Jason Deline Desk Anchor
Karine Vanasse French Emergency Nurse
Pierre LeBlanc French TV Reporter
Jude Beny Female Traveler
Arthur Holden Blue Suit Traveler
Sean Curley Airport Backpacker
Susanna Fournier Flight Attendant
Andrew Peplowski White House Reporter
John Moore White House Lawn Reporter
Moe Jeudy-Lamour White House Ticket Man
Harry Standjofski Groundskeeper
Brianna Bone Red Haired Girl
Neil Napier Secret Service Agent
Jason Koehler White House Stage Guard
Miya Shelton-Contreras Peter's Little Sister
Technical Credits
Bryan Singer Director, Producer
Daniel Auclair Production Manager
Marc Beaujeau Animator
Craig Berkey Sound/Sound Designer
Liz Bernard Animator
Arnaud Brisebois Art Director
Nicholas Cabana Animator
Jean-Andre Carriere Set Decoration/Design
Michael Galbraith Animator
Kristopher Gee Score Composer
Vincent Gingras-Liberali Art Director
Jane Goldman Original Story
Todd Hallowell Executive Producer
Warren Hendriks Sound/Sound Designer
Sandy Heslop Animator
Gemma James Production Manager
Kevin Jenkins Art Director
Simon Kinberg Original Story, Producer, Screenwriter
Jim Kontos Production Manager
Brent Lambert Set Decoration/Design
Felix Lariviere-Charron Art Director
Raymond Larose Set Decoration/Design
Magnolia Ku Lea Animator
Stan Lee Executive Producer
Kathleen McGill Associate Producer
Josh McLaglen Asst. Director, Executive Producer
Louise Mingenbach Costumes/Costume Designer
Roger Mussenden Casting
John Myhre Production Designer
John Ottman Score Composer, Editor
Hutch Parker Producer
Tim Phoenix Special Effects
Simon Poudrette Sound Mixer
Andrew M. Robinson Asst. Director
Brett Rutland Animator
Valerie Scheiber Animator
Lauren Shuler-Donner Producer
Newton Thomas Sigel Cinematographer
Lucie Tremblay Set Decoration/Design
Matthew Vaughn Original Story
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