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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne
7.7
86%Runtime132 min
Rating12A
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Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
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X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn in 2011, offers a thrilling and visually stunning take on the origin story of Professor X and Magneto. With standout performances from James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, the film blends action, drama, and sci-fi elements to explore the complex friendship and ideological differences that shape the two iconic mutants.
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X-Men: First Class is a 2011 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. It is the fifth installment in the X-Men film series. Directed by Matthew Vaughn and written by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman and Vaughn, the film stars an ensemble cast led by James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. It is both a prequel and soft reboot to X-Men (2000), the fifth installment in the X-Men film series, and the first film in the X-Men prequel quadrilogy. X-Men: First Class is set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, and the origin of their groups—the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, respectively, as they deal with the Hellfire Club led by Sebastian Shaw, a mutant supremacist bent on starting a nuclear war.
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