Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were
closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.
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The movie opens during World War 2, when young boy Erik is taken to a concentration camp (like the opening of the first X-Men movie).There he meets Sebastian Shaw, a scary Joseph Mengele-like scientist who likes to experiment on
Jews and is especially interested in mutants. In order to force Erik into helping him he shoots his mother. Erik never forgives him for that and spends his whole life looking for revenge. Unfortunately he learns that Shaw is also a mutant. The scientist is even so powerful that it's almost impossible for Erik to kill him. Luckily he bumps into Charles Xavier.
Erik claims that no matter how many times mutants save the world, normal people will always see them as enemies. Professor X still wants to believe in the good of the people. With that message the foundation is laid for the rest of the X-Men series. What makes X-Men First Class really work is the great story. It tells us about the beginning of the mutants and especially the friendship between professor X and Erik Lensherr/Magneto. Although they will drift apart at some time, you know that they will always have respect for each other. In this stage they even become close friends. It is an excellent movie, if you like action movie never miss any of the X-men series!
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