[6.8/10] I didn’t like this one as much as the first part of the duology. While part one set up a bunch of interesting ideas for the season to explore, part two basically knocks them down al too easily.
Morph is messing with the X-Men? And he poses as Professor X with claims that a neural ray is making members of the team act strangely? That's okay, Wolverine literally sniffs him out, and the problem is effectively solved. Jubilee’s been kidnapped by anti-mutant terrorists? That's okay. Wolverine can just show up, beat them up, and get out of dodge without issue. Some literally sinister dude is plotting against the world? That's alright, our heroes can just show up on his island and beat up his interchangeable and lightly uncomfortable goons.
There’s just not much to this one. The conflicts are solved too easily, the new characters (including Mr. Sinister) aren’t especially interesting, and the premise of Jean and Cyclops’ honeymoon being disrupted isn’t enough to carry the day.
The one exception here is Morph. I love how shattered Wolverine is by his return. I love Cyclops trying to help him understand why he did what he did. I love Morph being torn between one side of him that resnets the X-Men for abandoning him and one that longs for reunion. Hell, I even love Morph being clever enough to tell Jubilee to blast both him and Wolverine when he’s disguised to foil the old “Which one should I shoot?” trick. The notion of an embittered but conflicted teammate floating around out there is my favorite part of this.
But Mr. Sinister is a bit of a dud. His look is cool enough. But his “I‘ve been watching you Scott and Jean and now I’m going to breed you or whatever to make a race of super mutant slaves” is cornball survival stuff. He doesn’t have enough of a distinguishing angle from the likes of Apocalypse, and his goons veer between being silly and being vaguely offensive.
The tease for Xavier and Magneto getting duped and caught in an avalanche has some intrigue, but on the whole, this is a letdown after the excitement of the season premiere.
Shout by FinFanBlockedParent2023-10-09T20:27:20Z
The heroes stand and fall with the quality of the villains. And those have been a massive dissapointment so far. With the exception of Magneto. And some of the Mutants are absolutely silly.