Wednesday, June 22, 2016

X-Men: Days of Future Past: The Rogue Cut Review













X-Men: Days of Future Past: The Rogue Cut


Release Date: 15th July 2015 - Australia (Direct to Video Only)


Production Companies
20th Century Fox (presents)
Marvel Entertainment (in
association with)
TSG Entertainment (in
association with)
Ingenious Media (made in
association with)
Bad Hat Harry Productions
Donners' Company
Genre Films
Down Productions (made in association with)


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 149 minutes


Budget: $200,000,000


Plot Summary
The year is 2023, in a dystopian future where mutants and the humans who dare to help them are on the verge of extinction, massacred by invincible robots called Sentinels. Now the remaining survivors have only one option to save the future. To do this, they sent Wolverine back in 1973 to stop the war before it even started.


Cast
Hugh Jackman - Logan/
Wolverine
James McAvoy - Charles Xavier
Patrick Stewart - Professor X
Michael Fassbender - Erik Lensherr
Ian McKellen - Magneto
Jennifer Lawrence - Raven
Darkholme/Mystique
Halle Berry - Ororo Monroe/
Storm
Anna Paquin - Marie/Rogue
Nicholas Hoult - Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast
Kelsey Grammer - Beast
(Cameo) (Uncredited)
Peter Dinklage - Bolivia Trask
Ellen Page - Kitty Pryde
Shawn Ashmore - Bobby
Drake/Iceman
Omar Sy - Bishop
Daniel Cudmore - Peter
Rasputin/Colossus
Evan Peters - Peter
Maximoff/Quicksilver
Fan Blingbling - Blink
Adan Canto - Sunspot
Booboo Stewart - Warpath
Josh Helman - Major William
Stryker
Famke Janssen - Jean Grey (Cameo)
James Marsden - Scott Summers/Cyclops (Cameo)
Lucas Till - Alex Summers/
Havok
Evan Jonigkeit - Toad
Mark Camacho - U.S. President Richard Nixon
Alexander Felici - Young Mutant Scavenger
Jan Gerste - Gwen
Massimo Cannistraro - Ramone
Mike Dopud - Pinstripe Mafioso
Lee Villeneuve - Black Coast Mafioso
Andreas Apergis - Col. Sanders
Robert Montcalm - Vietnam MP Guard
Gregg Lowe - Ink
Jaa Smith-Johnson - Mutant Soldier
Alex Ivanovici - Quarantine Doctor
Alain Dahan - Quarantine Doctor #2
Freddy Bessa - Quarantine Doctor #3
Patricia Tougas - Quarantine Nurse
Michael Lerner - Senator Brickman
Chris Claremont - Congressman Parker (Cameo)
Len Wein - Congressman Davis (Cameo)
François Paquette - Congressman McCarter
Zabryna Guevara - Trask Secretary
Zehra Leverman - Mrs. Maximoff
Angela Galuppo - Pentagon Tour Guide
Milo Chang Sigel - Pentagon Young Boy
Kiana Chang Sigel - Pentagon Young Girl
Victor Cornfoot - Surveillance Guard #1
Brent Skagford - Surveillance Guard #2
Kyle Gatehouse - Penthouse Cook
John-Sebastien Cole - Mustachioed
Kitchen Guard
Stéphane Julien - Kitchen Guard
Taris Tyler - Pentagon Elevator Guard
Darryl Scheelar - Armed Kitchen Guard
Thai-Hoa Le - General Nhuan
Johnny Tran - Vietnamese Captain
Gregory Hlady - General Petrov
Dang Quoc Thinh - Vietnamese Translator
Vladimir Aksenov - Russian Translator
Jimmy Chan - Chinese Translator
Julian Casey - Peace Summit Reporter
Robert Crooks - Nixon Aide
Matt Cooke - Secretary of Defense
Tim Post - US Army General
Jason Deline - Desk Anchor
Karine Vanasse - French Emergency Nurse
Pierre Leblanc - French Reporter
Jude Beny - Female Traveler
Arthur Holden - Blue Suit Traveler
Sean Curley - Airport Backpacker
Susanna Fournier - Flight Attendant
Andrew Peplowski - White House Reporter
John Sanford Moore - White House Lawn
Reporter
Moe Jeudy-Lamour - White House Ticket Man
Harry Standjofski - Groundskeeper
Brianna Bone - Red-Haired Girl
Neil Napier - Secret Service Agent
Jason Koehler - White House Stage Guard
Miya Shelton-Contreras - Peter's Little Sister
Mizinga Mwinga - Potomac River Cop #1
Christian Judah - Potomac River Cop #2
Brendan Pedder - En Sabah Nur (Uncredited)
Bryan Singer - Man with Small Film Camera
(Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Producer/Director - Bryan Singer
Based on Marvel's "X-Men" Comics
(Uncredited)/Executive Producer - Stan Lee
Based on Marvel's "X-Men" Comics
(Uncredited) - Jack Kirby
Story/Screenplay/Producer - Simon Kinberg
Story - Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn
Associate Producers - Tom Cohen
and Derek Hoffman
Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Kathleen McGill
Executive Producer/Second Unit Director -
Todd Hallowell
Executive Producer/First Assistant Director -
Josh McLaglen
Producers - Hutch Parker and
Lauren Shuler Donner
Co-Producer - Jason Taylor
Casting Directors - Andrea Kenyon,
Roger Mussenden and Randi Wells
Production Designer - John Myhre
Supervising Art Director - Michele Laliberte
Concept Artist - Henry Fong
Set Decorators - Eva Boulonne,
Gordon Sim and Ann Smart
Property Master - Simone Leclerc
Costume Designer - Louise Mingerbach
Costume Supervisors - Bob Morgan
and Blanche-Danielle Boileau
Head Makeup Artist - Norma-Hill Patton
Head SPX Makeup Artist - Adrien Morot
Mystique and Beast SFX Makeup/Prosthetics
and Full Size Sentinel: Legacy Effects -
Brian Sipe
Director of Photography - Newton Thomas Sigel
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Larry Blanford
Aerial Director of Photography - Hans Bjerno
Aerial Coordinator - Frédéric North
Additional First Assistant "B" Camera: First Unit -
Nicolas Marion
Production Managers - Daniel Auclair and
Ashish Kukian
First Assistant Director: Second Unit -
Andrew M. Robinson
Second Unit Director - Brian Smrz
Stunt Coordinators - Jeff Habberstad,
Michael Scherer and James M. Churchman
Fight Coordinators - Renae Moneymaker and
Daniel Stevens
Special Effects Supervisor - Cameron Waldbauer
Special Effects Supervisor: Second Unit -
Steve Hamilton
Legacy Effects Supervisor - John Rosengrant
Visual Effects Supervisor - Richard Stammers
Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Lou Pecora
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Anders Langlands
Visual Effects Supervisor: Rhythm & Hues -
Derek Spears
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor - Matt Sloan
Visual Effects Producer - Blondel Aidoo
Visual Effects Producer: Digital Domain -
Daniel Brimer
Visual Effects: Hydraulx - Colin & Greg
Strause, Erik Diles, Bill Kunin, Eric Kohler,
Nicolas Vigneau, Mark Rasmussen,
Hui-Wen Yu, Kishor Joshu, Shane Kag,
Joel Sevilla, David Michaels, Yuji Yagasaki,
Jarrod Avalos and Chris Radcliffe
Visual Effects: Animal Logic -
Sandra Beerenbrock, Tyson Donnelly,
Paul Butterworth, Miles Green and
Julien Leveudle
Digital Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Nikos Kalaitzidis
Senior Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Jan Philip Cramer
CG Supervisors: MPC - Sheldon Stopsack
and James Rustad
Compositing Supervisors: Digital Domain -
Joel Behrens and Michael Maloney
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor -
Craig Berkey
Sound Designers - Warren Hendriks and
Chuck Michaels
Supervising Sound Editor - John A. Larsen
Assistant Supervising Sound Editor -
Skip Longfellow
Sound Effects Editors - Ai-Ling Lee
and Wayne Lemmer
Sound Effects Recordist - John P. Fasal
Re-Recording Mixers - Ron Bartlett
and Doug Hemphill
Additional Re-Recording Mixer -
James Bolt
Film Editor/Music - John Ottman
Co Editor - Michael Louis Hill
Composers: Additional Music - Lior Rosner,
Marcus Trumpp and Edwin Wendler


Review
In 2016, the latest X-Men movie, Apocalypsewas still in session in theatres across Australia. I have watched all the previous hits except for DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, the quintessential fan-favourite. However, I have considered the original theatrical cut better than the extended version availed by Bryan Singer. THE ROGUE CUT bears its namesake from the female character known as Rogue. This version contains scenes featuring the titular heroine deleted from the final cut that got reinserted. Even ones now got extended and reassembled, along with a deleted love scene of Beast and Mystique. While this definitive version is acceptable, it is less straightforward than the original film and adds little to improve its quality.

I still liked DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. I don't care if any other version is bigger and better than the original movie. It's still one of the two films that redefined the mutant saga.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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