
In order to force Lensherr’s co-operation, he executes his mother in front of him.Īfter the war, the adult Lensherr (Fassbender) goes on a rampage, hunting down Nazis who had anything to do with his torture, with emphasis in particular on the scientist who now goes by the name of Sebastian Shaw. A Nazi scientist (Bacon) notices this and determines to find out how he can use Lensherr as a weapon for the Third Reich. This is what leads to genocide, and that kind of hatred and malevolence can have unintended consequences.Įrik Lensherr (Milner) is the son of Jews who have been taken to a concentration camp, displaying great power over magnetism when angered. It is a failing of humanity that the things we don’t understand, we tend to fear and the things we fear we tend to destroy. Ironside, Bill Milner, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Romijn. (2011) Superhero (20 th Century Fox) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Alex Gonzalez, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Craven, Lucas Till, Caleb Landry Jones, Edi Gathegi, James Remar, Rade Serbedzija, Ray Wise, M. You can tell it's the 60s: they're playing chess on an actual chessboard.
