The X-Men. Protectors of peace. Jean Grey is one of the most beloved X-Men. But when a mission goes wrong, Jean is exposed to a dark and ancient power. This power has destroyed everything it comes in contact with, until her. Now that this power is becoming unstable, she releases it with destruction and anger. Now that this foreign power is consuming her, and the world is threatened, the X-Men have to face an important truth: they must save either the world, or their friend wh... (Full plot summary below)
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The X-Men. Protectors of peace. Jean Grey is one of the most beloved X-Men. But when a mission goes wrong, Jean is exposed to a dark and ancient power. This power has destroyed everything it comes in contact with, until her. Now that this power is becoming unstable, she releases it with destruction and anger. Now that this foreign power is consuming her, and the world is threatened, the X-Men have to face an important truth: they must save either the world, or their friend who threatens it.
Leave your thoughts about Dark Phoenix.
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleTo an extent, the movie waters down its moral complexity by introducing a flat-out villainess, who begins to guide Jean’s actions, thus absolving Jean of some moral responsibility. Still, it’s hard to complain when the villainess is played by Jessica Chastain, the best person in the world to play a cool, coiffed, composed entity of evil, looking for a new planet for her displaced people. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanTurner’s damaged conviction holds Dark Phoenix together, giving it a treacherous life force. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattFor what is being called a final installment, it all tends to feel both anticlimactic and a little grim in the end. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerThere are flashes of what made the franchise work. Turner, after stumbling through the part in the rocky terrain of X-Men: Apocalypse, finally gets to grapple with the emotional complexities of a woman whose gifts are the most constant curse. |
| Film ThreatAlan NgThe final fight at the end is fantastic. It is by far the best X-Men fight in its franchise history (not counting Deadpool). |
| New York PostJohnny OleksinskiPretty far-fetched even for a franchise about rare genetic mutations that allow people to read minds and shoot lasers with their eyes. It’s not bad, just crazy. |
| The VergeKeith PhippsKinberg goes darker and scarier, emphasizing the tragic elements of Jean’s story by recasting her origin as a story of betrayal and deception and her possession as a condition fueled by justifiable rage. The only problem: it all works better in concept than in execution. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDark Phoenix is closer to the comic book story than the previous iteration, retaining many of the core elements. Unfortunately, it suffers from a massive condensation that not only mutes the film’s emotional impact but creates an erratic tone. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrFor a series supposedly dedicated to the pleasure of superhero movies, Dark Phoenix somehow ends up illustrating their limits. |
| IGNJim VejvodaDark Phoenix is ultimately yet another fumbled take on the classic saga from the Marvel Comics, albeit one without the side plots of The Last Stand. Add to it a jarringly uneven latter half and some underdeveloped cosmic villains, and Dark Phoenix is fortunate to have not fully ended the X-Men’s current big screen run on a completely down note. |
