Dark Phoenix (2019)
Dark Phoenix (also known as X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics X-Men characters, produced by 20th Century Fox and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the twelfth installment in the X-Men film series, a direct sequel to X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and the seventh and final installment in the main X-Men series. The film is written and directed by Simon Kinberg, and stars an ensemble cast featuring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, and Jessica Chastain. In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men must face the full power of the Phoenix after a mission goes wrong.
After X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) erased the events of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) from the series' timeline, Kinberg expressed interest in a new adaptation of Chris Claremont and John Byrne's "The Dark Phoenix Saga" in a future film that would be more faithful than his previous attempt with The Last Stand, which was not well received. The new adaptation was confirmed as a follow-up to Apocalypse in 2016. Kinberg signed on to make his directorial debut in June 2017, when the majority of the cast was set to return from Apocalypse. Filming began later that month in Montreal, and was completed in October 2017, with reshoots taking place in late 2018.
Dark Phoenix is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on June 7, 2019. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who described it as "boring" and criticized the CGI, action sequences and character development, although the performances (particularly McAvoy and Turner) did receive some praise.
Sinopsis
In 1975, eight-year-old Jean Grey inadvertently uses her telekinesis to cause a car accident that kills her parents. Shortly afterwards, Professor Charles Xavier takes her to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, where he mentally blocks the accident from her memories and helps her hone her psychic abilities.
In 1992, the X-Men respond to a distress signal from the space shuttle Endeavour, which is critically damaged by a solar flare. While the X-Men save all of the astronauts, Grey absorbs the solar flare in her body. Her psychic powers are greatly amplified as a result. At the same time, the mental block placed by Xavier is destroyed and she travels to Red Hook after discovering that her father is still alive. The X-Men attempt to take Grey home, but she accidentally kills Mystique and several policemen before flying away.
Grey travels to Magneto's island of mutant refugees to seek assistance in controlling her powers, but is turned away by Magneto after she engages US military forces tasked to arrest her in combat. Grey meets Vuk, a D'Bari who explains to her that she possesses the Phoenix Force, which wiped out the D'Baris' home planet years ago. Meanwhile, Hank McCoy, who feels betrayed by Xavier's manipulation of Grey's memories, allies with Magneto and his mutant refugees to bring down Grey in New York City. The X-Men and Magneto's faction battle each other before Magneto confronts Grey, only to be overpowered by Grey's new abilities. Xavier and Scott Summers stop Vuk from fully absorbing the Phoenix Force from Grey before both the X-Men and Magneto's faction are captured by the U.S. government and placed in a train towards a secret facility.
The train is attacked by Vuk and her D'Bari forces. When the soldiers are overpowered by the shapeshifters, the mutants are freed from their restraints to combat the threat. Vuk once again attempts to drain Grey of the Phoenix Force, but Grey unleashes her full potential and kills Vuk before disappearing into outer space. In the aftermath of the incident, the school is renamed Jean Grey's School for Gifted Youngsters, with McCoy as the new dean. In Paris, Magneto reunites with Xavier to play a game of chess.
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