Review- X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class is the fifth film from the X-Men franchise and a prequel to the first film. It takes place in 1962 and the two different roads Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr(aka Magneto) took before they had met. As like the first film, it opens up with what happens with Lehnsherr as a kid. It proceeds to expand on what you know. There is a moment that takes place after that with Sebastian Shaw(Kevin Bacon, in an great villainous performance) that will cause Lehnsherr(Micheal Fassbender) to hunt him across the Earth. Xavier(James McAvoy) works on his study on genetic mutation with childhood friend Raven aka Mystique(Jennifer Lawrence) by his side.  Their paths cross as they both try to stop Shaw: one for revenge and one for peace. The theme of which path do you choose is the strength on this movie. The action is good and it does a decent job making sense of what is happening. For the regular movie/non comic fan, this will be a great movie to see. If you are a fan of the original ongoing stories from the comic, some of it might not sit well. It is nowhere near as bad as the things that happened in the third film or X-Men Origins:Wolverine though. If you like the first two movies, you will like this one. Some scenes may be too intense for younger audiences.