X-Men: Apocalypse is a movie directed by Bryan Singer in 2016 and based on the characters from the comic book X-Men by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first published in 1964. The movie features James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne, and others.
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“The movie is better than the comic book”
But the comic book is worth reading.
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Storyline
In 3600 BCE, the powerful mutant lord En Sabah Nur, hailed as a god named Apocalypse, rules ancient Egypt until he is entombed alive during a rebellion. In East Berlin, shape-shifting mutant Raven frees Kurt Wagner, a teleporting mutant, from an underground cage match with Angel and attempts to organize for black marketeer Caliban to transport him to America.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
144
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
X-Men: Apocalypse
Director: Bryan Singer
Country: USA
Year: 2016
Length: 2h24m
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Year
1964
Pages
25
Book Rate
6.80
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
X-Men
Author: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Country: USA
First published in: 1964
Length: 25 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: X-Men
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
TV Series by Mark Edward Edens, Sidney Iwanter, Eric Lewald
Movie by Matthew Vaughn
Movie by Bryan Singer
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve adapted all three of my novels and it’s been difficult. You can’t objectively make the rational decisions that are needed.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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