FILM CHOICE

X-men: Days of Future Past Film4, 9pm

IN a dystopian 2023, Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart, left) and his kin, including Magneto (Ian Mckellen) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), stand on the precipice of extinction. The Sentinel programme, conceived by scientist Dr Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), has almost wiped out the mutant population and any human sympathisers using an army of highly skilled automatons attuned to mutant DNA. One glimmer of hope remains: if Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) can propel Wolverine’s consciousness back to 1973, they might be able to stop alluring shape-shifter Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from assassinating Trask. X-men: Days of Future Past is a highly enjoyable chapter in the mutant saga that doesn’t get too bogged down in bamboozling science.