X-Men: First Class is an action-packed adventure that proves to be one of the best movies in the entire X-Men franchise. The movie serves as a prequel for the X-Men movies and shows how the group came to exist while taking place in the 1960s. During the peak of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier, who's a telepath, begins to realize that there are other mutants out in the world that are different, just like himself. This eventually leads him to meet up with another mutant named Erik Lehnsherr, who has the ability to control metal. Even though they have two vastly different views on the world, which can mostly be due to the ways that they were raised, since Charles grew up with a wealthy family and Erik lost his family at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, they both realize that they should gather a group of mutants together and train them to help save the entire world from a group of evil mutants that want to conquer the world while being lead by Sebastian Shaw. Sebastian wants to manipulate the world towards nuclear armageddon by basically causing a third World War. Because he has the help of other mutants, including one with teleportation, a telepath, and one who can make storms out of wind, it will take everything Charles and Erik can do in order to train their own team of mutants to take on Shaw and save the world from seemingly inevitable disaster. 

 X-Men: First Class proves to be a wild roller coaster that is sure to please. The beginning of the movie brilliantly jump starts the rest of the movie, and because the movie is meant to act as a prequel to the rest of the X-Men movies, the fact that this movie has such outstanding origins in the first few scenes is just fantastic. The middle of the movie does a marvelous job of progressing things along as well as introducing new mutants to viewers. The enticing ending of the movie proves to be one of the best parts and helps to allow the movie to serve as the great origin story for the X-Men that everyone wanted, as well as provide some further insight into the complex relationship between Erik and Charles. The movie's plot doesn't feel choppy or forced at any point or time, and things seem to flow quite nicely, because it seems like every scene connects to one another in a fluid fashion.

 X-Men: First Class has some truly amazing vivid visual effects that capture all of the mutants' powers beautifully. The spectacular special effects are really able to help the mutants come to life even more so, and the entirety of the mutants' powers, might, and grit is all deliriously depicted as they fight the forces of evil. The visuals also help in aiding to show the mutants battle with one another and showcase some of the more exciting parts of having superpowers, which greatly contrasts with how the movie depicts why some mutants view them as curses, because they make them feel like they don't belong in society, helping to add emotional conflicts for each character.

 X-Men: First Class greatly benefits from having a talented cast that seems to be able to have fun with their roles. James McAvoy does a magnificent job of playing Charles Xavier and is really able to showcase the characters' ideals and the ways that he views the world. Michael Fassbender also does a tremendous job of playing the complicated Magneto/Erik and really helps to demonstrate how the Holocaust's horrors act as a fuel for the way the character acts and functions. Kevin Bacon does a superb portrayal of Sebastian Shaw and is really able to transform into a character that just wants to see nations turn on one another as he leads other mutants to conquering the entire world.  

 Not only do viewers seem to enjoy X-Men: First Class, but critics also were greatly satisfied with the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie an impressive 86%, and IMDb gave the movie an extremely solid 7.7/10, which is actually a pretty exceptional score. A whopping 93% of Google users liked the movie, helping to demonstrate that so many different groups of people were happy with the film. 
 X-Men: First Class is an exhilarating adventure that combines super-powered mutants, who don't truly feel like they belong in society, with the threat of war and evil mutants to create a dramatic, intense tale that genuinely illustrates interesting characters to create a movie that mutates into something bigger than the sum of its parts.