Movie Review: X-Men First Class

And while on the topic of sequels and prequels, here is one that is a must see!

The movie begins in a Nazi concentration camp in occupied Poland where young Erik is subjected to the horror of watching his mother shot dead when he is unable to bring his mutant magnetic powers to bear in front of the Nazi mutant Sebastian Shaw. While Erik avows to avenge his mother's death, in other parts of the world, other mutants are being born too - their genetic evolution hastened by the nuclearization of the world.

Years later, Erik teams up with Charles Xavier, and a bunch of assorted mutants, to save the world from Shaw's sinister plans for an all-out nuclear war between the US and Russia, against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis. Shaw dreams of the elimination of the human race and the evolution of the mutants as the only humanoid life form on Earth, the next stage in the evolution of man. And while Shaw is defeated, and the world saved from a nuclear holocaust, the mutants realise that they will never be accepted in human society. And that is where the once close friends Erik and Charles Xavier part ways. Erik assumes the name Magneto and wows to defeat the humans to rule the world with his Brotherhood, while Charles Xavier retires to his secret abode as Professor X, with a mission to unite mutants and assimilate them in human society. And the X-Men are born.

A fantastic cast with well developed characters (my personal favourite, Jeniffer Lawrence as the beautiful Raven), super special effects and a well developed story line differentiate this one from the slam bam nature of some of the other action movies.

Mutant and Proud! An absolute entertainer and a must watch this weekend.