DVD review: X-Men - Days of Future Past (12)

TWO worlds collide as X-Men from the past and present share a screen in Days of Future Past.

But it is not mind boggling time-travel but the return of director Bryan Singer which has got fans talking with this film.

Singer directed the first two acclaimed X-Men movies but dropped out before production started for the second sequel, 'The Last Stand'.

Arguably the quality of the series declined with Singer's departure until 'First Class' which he produced.

So it is great to see Singer back behind the camera and his signature style and obvious passion for the super-powered and misunderstood mutants shines through.

The fast-paced plot sees advanced robots called 'sentinels' hunting down mutants after a successful assassination plot galvanises support for the anti-mutant movement in the 1970s.

In the present day, as a last throw of the dice, Ellen Page's character Kitty Pryde is able to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back in time to change the course of history with the help of a younger Professor X and Magneto (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender).

The apocalyptic time-travelling story is fast paced with plenty of nods to the comics so it helps to already be a fan. It is also great to see the return of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen as the older Professor X and Magneto.

And although the film creates a lot of continuity issues with the previous films, it is one of the most entertaining X-Men films in years.

DAVID MORGAN