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Show all (12)In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant named Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). Despite their vastly different backgrounds -- Charles grew up with a wealthy family, while Erik lost his parents at Auschwitz -- the two become close friends. As the world teeters on the brink of a nuclear war, Charles and Erik with other mutants join forces to save humanity. However, a situation soon tears the friends apart.
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The X-Men franchise always had a lot on its mind compared to most of its superhero brethren. Genocide, assimilation, conformity: Professor Xavier’s mutants can do metaphorical duty on behalf of causes and ideas aplenty. “You didn’t ask so I didn’t tell,” explains one closeted young mutant in the new X-Men: First Class; you half expect the guy to launch into a chorus of “Born This Way.” They’re mutants. They’re here. Get over it. (Full review)