Dark Phoenix (movie)
Dark Phoenix, known also as X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is a 2019 epic drama superhero film, the seventh film of the mainline of the X-Men film series and the overral twelfth film of the series.
| Dark Phoenix | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Simon Kinberg |
| Screenplay by | Simon Kinberg |
| Produced by | Simon Kinberg Hutch Parker Todd Hallowell |
| Starring | Sophie Turner James McAvoy Michael Fassbender Tye Sheridan Jennifer Lawrence Nicholas Hoult Alexandra Shipp Kodi Smit-McPhee Jessica Chastain |
| Cinematography | Mauro Fiore |
| Edited by | Lee Smith |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Motion Pictures |
Release date | 7 June 2019 |
Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom / United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million |
| Box office | $252,4 million |
The movie, despite its disappointing box office opening, had a pretty good success at box office grossing €252,4 billions and becoming one of the biggest recessed 2019 films.
Despite the mixed reviews of film critics, it was positively welcomed from audience and fans who praised its story, emotional weight, character development, actors's performances (especially those of Turner and Fassbender), Zimmer's musical score, action scenes and special effects, although the presence and performance of Chastain, Quicksilver's screen time and the short runtime were criticizied.
Cast
change- James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
- Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr
- Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique
- Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
- Sophie Turner as Jean Grey / Phoenix
- Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops
- Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm
- Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- Jessica Chastain as Vuk