X-Men: Days of Future Past is a 2014 comic book action film. It's the second film in the "reboot" trilogy, directed by previous franchise director Bryan Singer. It stars Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellen.

The story mixes present day, with the cast of the original trilogy, with the '70s, and the younger cast of X-Men: First Class. In present day, humanity is in big trouble as a group of enemies called the sentinels have caused mass destruction. Using her powers, Kitty Pryde sends Wolverine back to the past to prevent the sentinels from coming into existence.

This is just one small step below First Class, in my opinion. It's still a great film, full of action and suspense. It'squite possibly the most emotionally impactful of the entire series, with a lot of drama and feeling at its centre. There are A LOT of characters here, so while the more notable characters receive the most screen time, newer and/or lesser-known characters don't get a chance to shine.

Perhaps my biggest complaint is that it felt like they put much more focus on Wolverine once again, when in reality, he wasn't the one who was given such an important task in the comics. Because Kitty Pryde was initiallythe main character in the storyline, I would have loved to see what Ellen Page could have done. It just felt like they gave the role to Wolverine because Hugh Jackman is more popular. The man already has a solo franchise. It seems a little unfair.

The story more than makes up for that, though, and I really loved the time-travelling aspect that explores the reality of bigotry and its consequences. I would recommend this for fans of the franchise, but unlike First Class, a knowledge of the original trilogy is recommended.

The film is rated PG-13 and has a running time of 158 minutes.