Generation X

1996 "Welcome to the future"
4.4| 1h27m| NR| en
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A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them feared by the population at large--begin training at a school for heroes. Their studies are interrupted when they must rescue one of their number from a mad scientist who can enter others' dreams.

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Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
WakenPayne 4.8? Are You Kidding? I Saw This Yeah The Jim Carrey Impressionest Villain Is Annoying But You Get Used To It Just Like You Get Used To The Southern American Accents In Man-Thing. This Included More Characters From The Comics Than Most OF The Public's Favourite Superhero Movies Like The Dark Knight There Was About 5 Characters That Was Actually From The Comics From That Piece Of Crap & 2 That They Got Right. The Plot To This Movie Is That "Generation X" is the story of a bunch of teenagers who are blessed (or cursed) with superhuman powers. The kids are "mutants", and live in a world that hates and fears them for their abilities. They attend "Xavier's School for Gifted Students"- a selective and very small private school just for mutants. The kids are taught by two adult mutants: the filthy rich and morally questionable telepath, Emma Frost/"The White Queen", and Sean Cassidy/"Banshee", an Irishman who has a "sonic scream" capable of splitting steel. The villain of this story is Russell Trask an egomaniacal scientist out to use mutants to advance his schemes. When he finds out that The White Queen, an old adversary of his, is now teaching school to a bunch of mutant teenagers, he decides to kill two birds with one stone and kidnap her students to use in his experiments. Okay The Guy That Played Banshee Walked Off The Comic Book As Well As Emma Frost & Jubilee The Others Were Fine. Now When I Commented On Buffy The VAmpire Slayer I Said That The Principal Giving Dead People Detentions Was The Most ####ed Up Thing I Ever Saw I Take It Back The Craziest Was In This When The Board Of Directors Had Dhiareea. I Only Give This A 6 Because This Is Over-The-Top Silly & It Tries Too Hard To Make That Happen.
hamilton-21 Yes, I know, this film was made for t.v. and was low budget, but it did have elements that I liked. Matt Frewer was wonderfully over the top as the bad guy; just dripping insane evil. He reminded me a lot of Cliff De Young's portrayal of Dr. Mallardo in the Robocop t.v. series - another show that got canned before it got into its stride. This isn't the best film set in the 'X' universe to ever come out. These characters are carried on from the X-Men comics and this film is more true to the comics than the three X-Men movies that have been released since. The characters are likable, and most men I'm sure appreciate Emma Frost's attire - those skin tight pants and bustier's don't leave much to the imagination. The students at Xavier's school - it's never explained where Charles Xavier himself is - all interact in a natural way with each other and their powers (Kurt's is rather reminiscent of Cylcops') are interesting without being overdone. They argue and fight and generally act exactly as teenagers would and have the normal teenage problems. Mostly, if you can get the past the somewhat cheesy effects and the rather lackluster in places script. then this is a good film to watch. I enjoyed it and I would buy it if someone would bother bringing it out on DVD.
avalanche1979 I will not give a summary of the movie, but rather my opinion: it is really unbelievable they ever thought of making this into a movie... I like the X-men etc, but this really sucked. Bad dialog, entirely stupid surroundings. I think they tried to hard to make it look like a comic-style, while motion picture has its own unique ways of story-telling. I have to admit that I, because of these 'glitches' enjoyed this movie intensely...
Dave Quite frankly this Tv movie wasn't that bad. the actors did the best they could but it had such a terrible script. First off the whole concept of dream dimensions should have been thrown in the garbage. why can't writers just write a simple story? why do they have to complicate stories with some life altering philosophy? its superhero movie!! based on some pretty serious issuses (racism) so why try to fix something if its not broken?!!! The actors did a good job i think. some changes to the movie from the comic were understandable. i mean not every adaptation is always exact, come on lets be realistic. One thing though they should have mentioned the X-men in some point of the movie. thats all just drop a comment like well the owners of the house are away or Prof.Xaviar has left us in charge of you. or something referring to the X-men hell they're in their mansion!. Anyhow the actors weren't that bad, im sorry to hear that the entire cast from this movie has been scrapped and will be replaced with a new one. Oh well at least i was smart enough to tape it.