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

X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut!
Director: Bryan Singer
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Retail: $29.99
ASIN: B00X99CUV6
Running Time: 148 minutes
Rating: Unrated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Now available to own on a 2-disc Blu-ray is the X-Men: Days of Future Past- The Rogue Cut, which includes both the theatrical version and The Rogue Cut of the film. Special features includes a commentary by director Bryan Singer and composer/film editor John Ottman (Rogue Cut), second screen app, Mutant vs. Machine - 9-part making documentary featuring the cast & filmmakers, X-Men: Unguarded, Gallery: storyboards, costumes & concept art and a sneak peek at Fantastic Four.

While last year's X-Men: Days Of Future Past was a critical and box-office success, many fans were disappointed that the scenes with the character Rogue (played by Anna Paquin) was edited out, except for a brief cameo at the film's ending. Now director Brian Singer has went back and finished those missing Rogue scenes, extending the film by 17 minutes.

Inspired by the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline of the same name, Days of Future Past is sent in a not to distant future, a time when the government unleashed the Sentinels robots to exterminate mutants. Now the world has been nearly destroyed by them. A small band of mutants Kitty Pryde, Logan "Wolverine" (played by Hugh Jackman), Storm (played by Halle Berry) Professor Charles Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart),  Erik Lehnsherr "Magneto" (played by Ian McKellen),  Iceman (plaeyd by Shawn Ashmore) and a few others are still alive.

The only way to stop the Sentinels is to let Kitty (played by Ellen Page) use her powers to send Logan's consciousness to his body in 1973, so he can try stop Mystique (played Jennifer Lawrence) from assassinating the creator of the Sentinels - Bolivar Trask (played by Peter Dinklage). He must convince a younger, troubled Charles Xavier (played by James McAvoy  to help him stop Mystique, which also includes getting the aid of Erik (played by Michael Fassbender), whom is currently locked up for killing JFK. 

The latter half is slightly altered in The Rogue Cut, where Kitty's powers become weak, resulting in the team quickly search for the missing Rogue. Once she is rescued, she absorbs Kitty's powers and is able to keep Logan's consciousness in the past.


I've never read the comic books, I've been fan of the X-Men since the original film was released in 2000. While I don't go theater very often, I did catch the X-Men: Days of Future Past at my local one-screen theater last summer and I thought it was the best one of the series to date. Besides from the original film, in my opinion the character Rogue was underused, so it's nice to see the character have a bit of a bigger part (though still small) in this Blu-ray release. I understand why the scenes where cut from the film as they can kinda drag the latter half down. Overall, X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut is for diehard X-Men (or Rogue fans). Is it as good as the theatrical version? Yes, but it's basically the film, just with a few changes.

*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy  in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.