Like in the previous two entries in the latest X-Men series, the newest installment features the characters witnessing and often becoming involved with major historical events. In X-Men: First Class, the characters were firsthand witnesses to the Cuban Missile Crisis while the sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past featured the characters interacting with President Nixon. X-Men: Apocalypse, the latest film in the series, continues the tradition. Most of it takes place in 1983 and features discussions about the building of nuclear weapons in the age of President Ronald Reagan.
The third installment features the beloved X-Men taking on the world’s oldest mutant — a creature who believes he should be in absolute control. Played by Oscar Isaac, the villain known as Apocalypse is an ancient...