Oscar Isaac’s Apocalypse

A villain on the monstrous level of Apocalypse has been wanted by fans of the X-Men movie franchise for a hell of a long time, so when a movie entitled X-Men: Apocalypse was confirmed for a 2016 release, fans were excited.

The casting of the hardly-superstar-level-actor Oscar Isaac as the powerful mutant didn’t exactly add to that excitement, but when the first images of the character were released, that excitement was categorically extinguished.

He looked like a weekly one-off Power Rangers villain from 1996 and was unrecognisable from the hulking character fans know from the comics – but those fans shouldn’t fret.

There’s little doubt that the character will be augmented with CGI and will, therefore, look a lot more beastly in the final movie. Moreover, the post-credits scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past showed a young version of the character already displaying absolutely monstrous telekinetic powers, so this older and technologically augmented version will undoubtedly possess the kind of power to make him a more than credible threat to the X-Men and their allies. Fans will be impressed by him, come the movie’s release.

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