Dark Phoenix

Name: Dark Phoenix
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Released: June 7, 2019
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Alexandra Shipp, Ato Essandoh, Daniel Cudmore, Evan Jonigkeit, Evan Peters

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: June 7, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Alexandra Shipp, Ato Essandoh, Daniel Cudmore, Evan Jonigkeit, Evan Peters, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Munn, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan

Summary: In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity insideIn Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain. With Jean spiraling out of control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite -- not only to save Jean's soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.… Expand

Director: Simon Kinberg

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 113 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Jun 4, 2019

Turner’s damaged conviction holds Dark Phoenix together, giving it a treacherous life force. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jun 5, 2019

For a series supposedly dedicated to the pleasure of superhero movies, Dark Phoenix somehow ends up illustrating their limits. Read full review

Empire Ian Freer

Jun 4, 2019

Better than Last Stand or Apocalypse but never hitting the heights of X2, Dark Phoenix thrives when its heroes are front and centre. If this is the end, it’s a solid rather than spectacular goodbye. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Jun 4, 2019

Rather than being thought-provoking or streamlined, instead Dark Phoenix is a frustratingly anticlimactic, familiar tale of misunderstood mutants. Read full review

Thom Ernst

Jun 13, 2019

The film settles for soft-peddling rehashed themes of belonging, where misunderstood mutants struggle once again to be accepted. We've been here before, and it was better the first time. Read full review

Justin Chang

Jun 4, 2019

Amid all the clunky lines, the derivative plot turns and the surprisingly indifferent production values, you can sense this movie striving for something more sensitive and intimate than the usual blockbuster blowout. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jun 4, 2019

Superheroes do progressive politics these days as a matter of course, and here it just feels like shtick – a box to be dutifully checked, rather than a theme to be meaningfully explored. Read full review

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Ethan18

Jun 7, 2019

The phoenix rises. I'm obssessed with this movie. A very good action movie about my favorite X-Men character Jean Grey.

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JhossephV

Jun 6, 2019

Dark Phoenix no es la mejor película de la saga, pero tampoco la peor. Absolutamente no es el fin tan merecido de una saga de 20 años, no obstante, si se intepretara como una aventura más de los X-Men, tendría una mejor calificación.
Su peor enemigo es, otra vez, un guión que no pareceDark Phoenix no es la mejor película de la saga, pero tampoco la peor. Absolutamente no es el fin tan merecido de una saga de 20 años, no obstante, si se intepretara como una aventura más de los X-Men, tendría una mejor calificación.
Su peor enemigo es, otra vez, un guión que no parece querer terminar lo que comenzó con pie derecho. Si bien cada escena va construyéndose de manera específica y bien narrada, al final todo se siente muy contenido y no parece haber muchos momentos donde todo el drama explote. Mas, acierta al momento de hacer brillar a cada personaje en su debido momento; y esto se debe principalmente a las excelentes interpretaciones de un acertado cast.
El desalentador debut de Simon deja mucho que desear, pero no creo que se deba a principalmente su estilo o conocimiento para hacerlo, sino porque su guión no estaba bien hecho. Visualmente es excelente, con efectos especiales bien hechos y encuadres que reflejaban el gran entusiasmo que tenía Simon.
Quizá más tiempo de duración, sin la compra de Fox por Disney y el cambio repentino del final, la película habría gustado a todos y hubiera alcanzado la merecida gloria.
Sophie Turner tuvo razón cuando dijo que la película era un drama, más allá de ser una epica película de super héroes. Se concentra en que el espectador empaticé con los personajes, y durante muchísimos momentos lo logra.
Pero este justamente fue siempre el corazón de la saga: Interpretaciones excelentes de estupendos actores y actrices.… Expand

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paulo

Jun 6, 2019

The movie can surely appease fans, it's cast tries very hard to obtain the best of a lackluster script. Some sequences are pretty good, other are doubtful. The Dark Phoenix Saga material here is only scraps of the source material has to offer and the script seems rushed. Sophie Turner'sThe movie can surely appease fans, it's cast tries very hard to obtain the best of a lackluster script. Some sequences are pretty good, other are doubtful. The Dark Phoenix Saga material here is only scraps of the source material has to offer and the script seems rushed. Sophie Turner's performance it's good. She lets you feel the doubt, the pain, the betrayal and the strenght of the Dark Phoenix. The let down is how little the scope of the entity is worked and the action scenes seemed a bit clumsy. I hoped for more, but what It gives can entertain and shows us the unscaped potential of the saga. Hope someone get It right sometime and shows us the resplendance of the white phoenix instead.… Expand

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JPK

Jun 7, 2019

X-Men Deserved Better
Dark Phoenix is extremely disappointing, but I’m sadly not surprised considering it’s extremely troubled production and multiple delays.

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elyh

Jun 9, 2019

Only Fassbender as Mags brings something cool to this movie the other actors don't really get what their characters are about.
The script is awful the movie has no soul.

9 of 12 users found this helpful93

ice05

Jun 11, 2019

IDK WHY PPL ARE DEFENDING THIS! It's an awful movie.... it's tanking for a reason, it's loosing over 100 million dollars for a reason. The reason is it sucks!

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Lucas_t

Dec 25, 2019

Extremely upset, I went to watch this movie with my expectation up there, and it comes out extremely disappointed.
The movie is just another generic movie, not much new, the actors are disinterested, Simon Kimberg didn't know what to do right.
Bottom line: The movie is bad, the script isExtremely upset, I went to watch this movie with my expectation up there, and it comes out extremely disappointed.
The movie is just another generic movie, not much new, the actors are disinterested, Simon Kimberg didn't know what to do right.
Bottom line: The movie is bad, the script is rotten, the direction doesn't exist. Let's pretend this movie just doesn't exist… Expand

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