So far the X-Men movie franchise has been very hit and miss. X-Men was a good start to the series, but was a little shorter than I would have liked it to be. X2 I thought was terrific while X-Men 3 was a big disappointment. The two Wolverine movies were pretty average, but thankfully X-Men: First Class went back to the brilliance of X2 thanks mainly to the direction of Matthew Vaughn.
Thankfully now, X-Men:Days of Future Past is another terrific addition to the franchise which sees Wolverine sent through time in order to change events that result in the creation of Sentinels by Bolivar Trask, a brilliant scientist rallying against the mutants. Wolverine's travel though time finds him coming face to face with the younger Charles Xavier (once again payed brilliantly by James McAvoy) and being forced to release the younger Eric Lehnsherr (played by Michael Fassbender).
While I don't consider the latest movie of the franchise to be the best (in my opinion that honour still goes to X2), it truly is a great edition to the franchise, featuring many X-Men from the original trilogy and from X-Men: First Class, even if most of them are only given brief roles. Hugh Jackman just gets better and better in the role of Logan/Wolverine and the action is really top notch with terrific specials effects that really get you excited for the future of the franchise.
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