Review of Dark Phoenix (2019) by Derekreide — 06 Jun 2019
'Dark Phoenix' is a mixed bag of either great X-Men action or horrible character choices. Without going into spoilers, I can't really say much except that the action was great from sequence to sequence, Quicksilver was actually pretty good when he was being a full-on hero without being confined in the X-Mansion, and the third act of the film put a smile on my face, finally.
Everyone in the third act had their moment and their time to really shine with their power and it paid off then. That doesn't make up for the other two-thirds of the film that were just abysmal. Professor Xavier was horrible in this and the writers clearly wrote him off polar opposite of what he is supposed to be in the X-Men movies.
The acting, in general, wasn't bad at all and I admire the cast for doing their best with the script they were given. But everything else just fell so flat for me. Due to the production issues, multiple delays and a Disney/Fox Acquisition, 'Dark Phoenix' just fails to fly up to expectations.
This review of Dark Phoenix (2019) was written by Derekreide on 06 Jun 2019.
Dark Phoenix has generally received positive reviews.
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