X-Men: Apocalypse story
Set after X-Men: Days of Future Past, En Sabah Nur, the first mutant, awakens after thousands of years. Disillusioned with the world as he finds it, he recruits a team of mutants to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. Raven, with the help of Professor X, must lead the X-Men to stop Apocalypse and save mankind from destruction. It is the ninth installment in the X-Men film series.
26 total · 4 choice · 5 major · 17 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ethnic hatred | choice | People were prejudiced against mutants and persecuted them. |
| facing an overpowering adversary | choice | The X-men took on a god-like primordial mutant and his henchmen. |
| speculative ability | choice | Each mutant was endowed with a unique super power. |
| xenophobia in society | choice | People were prejudiced against mutants and persecuted them. |
| coping with the death of a family member | major | Scott mourned the death of his brother Alex who died in an explosion. |
| coping with the death of one's entire family | major | Magneto was devastated over his wife and daughter being accidentally killed in an altercation with the authorities. |
| heroism | major | The X-men superheroes saved the world. |
| humanoid mutant | major | A big deal was made out of the X-men being mutants. |
| the making of a monster to society | major | We saw run of the mill factory worker Magneto go crazy and try to destroy the world after his wife and daughter were killed in an altercation with the authorities. |
| aliens meddling in ancient history | minor | We saw alien technology in the pyramids in a flashback scene to Ancient Egypt. |