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The 10 Best Performances From The X-Men Franchise

X-Men: Apocalypse has arrived in theatres and the general reaction has been rather muted, with the liveliest responses being credited to a genuinely strong performance from Michael Fassbender, the ridiculous over the top nature of Oscar Isaac’s villain and what has to be the oddest, most nonsensical chronology in any film universe ever.

Rila Fukushima – The Wolverine

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What do we remember about The Wolverine other than the fact that it kind of, sort of course corrected after the abysmal X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Sure, it was overall more fun and less frustratingly bad, and okay, that fight atop the bullet train was marvelous, but really, it was the fresh faced Rila Fukushima as Yokio that brought a sense of “new” to the proceedings.

Creating a fun dynamic between herself and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, her performance was playful and athletic, livening up what could have been yet another run of the mill Wolvie tale (which, let’s be honest, it still pretty much was).