X-Men: Dark Phoenix

So, after (sort off) rebooting the X-men franchise, it's time (again) for the Dark Phoenix saga to be brought to the screen, and would they get it right this time?

And it will also be the send off before our beloved mutants will appear in the MCU at last...

The movie starts by exploring how Jean Grey came to professor Xavier as an 8 year old, after causing an accident that cost her parents their lives.  Later on, the X-Men are called upon by the government to save the crew of the space shuttle, caught by a weird solar flare.

However, having to go back to save the last member of the crew, the shuttle is hit by this energy wave, but Jean absorbs the full power of what turns out to be the Phoenix force, increasing her powers exponentially.  Jean also has mental barriers, placed there by Xavier, broken down and remembers her parents accident... and that her father actually survived.

This causes her to go berserk, and in the ensuing battle not only does she destroy a neighbourhood, she also kills Mystique as a result.  Fleeing first to Magneto, she attacks a military group after her, but unknown she is also followed by strange aliens out to claim the force for themselves.

Magneto and Xavier team up to bring her back in for their own reasons, but the government interferes in their battle and capture the team.  While under guard and transported to a maximum security facility for mutants, the aliens attack and the team has to stand their ground...

Okay, so, Dark Phoenix saga huh... I was there when they where written, and I can only say: hopefully the MCU handles it better.  I'm not saying this was a totally bad movie, it had entertaining value and Sansa remains a hottie, but it just isn't the iconic X-Men storyline that is shown here...

Still, it's decent for an evening of watching television...