in 1963 Charles Xavier starts up a school for and later forms a team,for humans with extraordinary abilities among them is Erik lensherr his best friend and future nemesis,the film starts with lensherr pursing Sebastian Shaw a Nazi slave master who once held him captive and brought out his dark side,he then runs into charles and his step sister raven ,a loose collaboration with the CIA is formed lensherr and Xavier purse more mutants train and assemble there team to fight for the greater good,the films 60,s setting is wonderfully conveyed through wardrobe, sets and make up there are quite a number of locations giving it that international spy thriller(bond)) feel also several languages spoken that are subtitled ,i loved the retro feel especially when you finally see the x-men in their blue and yellow uniforms very reminiscent of the original comic, and a wonderful climax that neatly dovetails the x-men into history ,the two leading men are fantastic real chemistry between the two of them although i think fassbender wins it due to more screen time ,the rest of the cast is equally good loved Kevin bacon s villain, Nicholas hoult,s beast and January jones Emma frost stand out.
