Storm

For X-Men: Apocalypse, Bryan Singer brings a different kind of Storm, one which is much darker than in the previous installments. This is explainable at some degree, since the Halle Berry version was an adult one, presented well after joining the ranks of the X-Men (in no way we are saying that she was perfect).

In the comics, Storm’s story is a tragic one, with his family killed by a fighter jet. In Cairo, all alone, she wanders the streets until she meets Xavier. All is good, thus – but in X-Men: Apocalypse she encounters En Sabah Nur instead: “The only mutants that she knows are the mutants who use their powers for stealing… It’s not like, “Oh, we’re going to save the planet,” it’s like, “Forget the planet, I need money so I’m going to distract you with some wind and then I’m going to pickpocket you.” She’s in survival mode, so when she meets Apocalypse, she’s hit this revelation where she’s been struggling to feel like she belongs somewhere. Then this extremely powerful being comes to her and says, “I’m what you’ve been waiting for, I will take care of you”… I don’t necessarily see her as a bad person, or as a bad mutant. I don’t see her as a villain. She doesn’t know that she’s a villain. That’s just all she’s ever known, is just bad.” (via Screen Rant)

And this is very interesting, since in this way she sees Apocalypse not as a villain, but as one of her own people. She cannot make the distinction between good and evil so she trusts him when she meets him – she has no reason to do otherwise, since her personality has been molded that way.

So what does she do in the movie? She acts as a protector of Apoc, literally, thus hinting at what kind of mutant was possessed by Apoc: “There is so much that she can do, and what he’s looking for is protection because he just woke up after a couple thousand years… He’s weak and he’s alone, and he’s been betrayed, you know… She admires him. She believes in him because for so long humans have treated her like crap. He is like, “Well in my day it was different”. She’s like, “Let’s get back to there, let’s get back to that.” She’s a weather goddess, you know. She’s a level, what is she, level 4, level 5 almost? She’s almost on Magneto’s level when it comes to her power.”

We can conclude, from here, that she may join the X-Men towards the end of the movie. How come? Until meeting Apoc, she saw only the bad side of humanity. The contact with mutants that actually want to co-exist with the humans on Earth may change her opinions.