To "cleanse" the world and build a new order from the ashes.

X-Men: Apocalypse stands out in the franchise for several reasons:

Fast-forward to 1983. Apocalypse is accidentally reawakened by a cult follower in Cairo. Disgusted by a world filled with war, corruption, and weak humans, he sets out to cleanse civilization and rebuild it under his rule. To do so, he gathers four elite mutants as his :

The X-Men, now consisting of Wolverine, Professor Charles Xavier, Magneto, and a new generation of young mutants including Cyclops, Storm, and Jean Grey, must band together to stop Apocalypse's catastrophic plans. The film explores themes of power, identity, and the moral complexities of leadership, all set against the backdrop of an impending apocalypse.

is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team the X-Men. It is the ninth installment in the X-Men film series and the third in the First Class trilogy, following X-Men: First Class (2011) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Directed by Bryan Singer , the film serves as an epic continuation of the reborn timeline created when Wolverine altered history.