In the 1980s, the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive by bringing destruction to the world.
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.—20th Century Fox
When the first mutant En Sabah Nur, who was worshiped as a god In Egypt, awakes in the present days, he learns how the world has been transformed in his absence. He decides to bring the Apocalypse to the world and recruits four powerful mutants to assist him in the destruction of the weak. Now the only chance to save the world depends on Professor Charles Xavier and a team of young mutants.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Since the dawn of existence, there has been an ancient being named En Sabah Nur who is believed by many to be the world's very first mutant. Awakened in 1983 after thousands of years in a deep slumber, he plans to rule the world and wipe out mankind with help from four new recruits (Storm, Psylocke, Angel and Magneto). With the fate of the world in uncertainty, Professor Xavier along with Raven, Hank and old ally Moira McTaggert, must lead a new generation of X-Men to fight the deadliest enemy they've ever faced.—Blazer346
In 3600 BCE the mutant En Sabah Nur rules ancient Egypt until he is entombed alive. After being resurrected in 1983, he believes humanity has lost its way. Aiming to destroy and remake the world with the help of four evil followers, he recruits Ororo Munroe and upgrades her power. In East Berlin shape-shifting mutant Raven discovers Kurt Wagner, while En Sabah Nur recruits Psylocke and Angel, and enhances both of their powers. Can Professor Charles Xavier's students defeat Apocalypse and save the world from destruction?
In 3600 BC, En Sabah Nur (Oscar Isaac), a powerful mutant believed to be the first of his kind, rules ancient Egypt. Due to his aging health, Nur is facing death. He has a variety of destructive superhuman abilities, including Telekinesis, Cyberpathy, teleportation, and the ability to augment other mutants' abilities.Following a ceremony in which his consciousness is transferred into another man's body in order to gain his healing factor (the young man was a mutant and his powers would grant Nut immortality), he and his four followers, the Horsemen of Apocalypse are betrayed by conspirators.The conspirators cut access to sunlight, which stops the transfer process midway. In the process, his followers are killed, and he is entombed alive as the entire pyramid collapses in on itself when the pillar holding it up are destroyed by the conspirators. Before dying, one of the followers puts Nur's new body into a protective casket and puts a shield around it to save it from the falling debris.
A cult of Nur survives & succeeds in finding the location of his tomb & manages his Awakening in 1983 (when they accidentally shine sunlight over the collapsed tomb, thereby completing the transfer of the consciousness into the new body), he believes humanity has lost its way without his presence. Nur's emergence causes a tremor that is felt worldwide.Aiming to destroy the world and remake it, he recruits Cairo pickpocket Ororo Munroe/Storm (Alexandra Shipp), who can control weather, and upgrades her power.
In East Berlin, shape-shifting mutant Raven/Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) (A mutant with shape-shifting abilities) investigates an underground fight club and discovers mutant champion Angel (Ben Hardy), who possesses a pair of large, feathered wings on his back, and Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who can Teleport.Raven rescues Kurt and employs the services of black marketeer Caliban (Tomas Lemarquis) to transport him to America.En Sabah Nur recruits Caliban's enforcer, Psylocke (Olivia Munn) (Her abilities include projecting purple psychic energy, usually into the form of an energy blade), who leads him to Angel. En Sabah Nur enhances both their powers, transforming Angel's wings into metal wings.
Alex Summers/Havok (Lucas Till) (A mutant who has the ability to absorb energy and release it with destructive force from his body) discovers that his younger brother, Scott/Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) (A mutant who fires destructive optic beams and wears a ruby visor or sunglasses to stabilize and contain them), is manifesting his mutation for shooting optic beams. Alex takes Scott to Professor Charles Xavier's/Professor X (James McAvoy) (A pacifist mutant and the world's most powerful Telepath) educational institute in Westchester County, New York in hopes that Xavier and Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult) (mutant with Leonine attributes, Prehensile feet and superhuman physical abilities) will teach him how to control his abilities.
Scott meets the Telepathic and Telekinetic Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), and the two develop an attraction. Raven brings Kurt to the institute.Apocalypse's powers cause disturbances around the world, leading Xavier and Alex to consult with CIA agent Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne), who has been researching the legend of Nur in Egypt. Moira has no memory of Xavier as he had purged her memory after their last meeting (X-Men Days of Future Past). Xavier tells Moira that he has level 5 security clearance, and she shares all her intel with him. Nur always had 4 protectors with him, which he called as the Horsemen of Apocalypse.Jean is having nightmares of an oncoming worldwide destruction led by a Dark Power, which she warns Xavier about. Jean is still learning to control her powers and Xavier encourages her.
In Poland, the metal-controlling mutant Erik Lehnsherr/Magento (Michael Fassbender) lives with his wife Magda (Carolina Bartczak) and their young daughter, Nina. He uses his powers to save a coworker, prompting militia to come capture him. When they accidentally kill Erik's family, he retaliates by murdering them.Nur hacks into the internet and learns all about Earth's history since he has been gone. He learns Erik was the first mutant to announce himself publicly in 1962.En Sabah Nur later approaches the disheartened Erik and takes him to Auschwitz, where Erik's power first manifested. Erik destroys the camp, and the entire town and joins Nur.
Raven tells Xavier that Erik has resurfaced and that he might be in trouble, prompting Xavier to enter Cerebro to try and locate Raven.En Sabah Nur enters Xavier's mind while Xavier is using the mutant-locating computer Cerebro to locate Erik and, co-opting Xavier's powers, forces all global superpowers to launch Earth's entire nuclear arsenal into space to prevent interference. All offensive capabilities like submarines, planes and ground forces are forced to self-destruct.Nur and his new lieutenants arrive at the mansion and kidnap Xavier. Attempting to stop them, Alex accidentally causes an explosion that destroys the mansion.
Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver (Evan Peters), having learned that he is Erik's son and hoping that Xavier can help to find him, arrives just in time to use his super speed to evacuate the students just before the explosion destroys the building, but Alex is presumed dead.
Colonel William Stryker's (Josh Helman) forces subsequently capture Hank, Raven, Peter, and Moira, and take them to a military facility for interrogation. Scott, Jean and Kurt covertly follow and liberate their comrades using Stryker's mind-controlled and brainwashed experiment, Weapon X (Wolverine/Logan) (Hugh Jackman), whose memories Jean partially restores.
Xavier manages to send a hidden mind message to Jean and reveals his position to her. At En Sabah Nur's behest, Erik uses his powers to control Earth's magnetic poles, causing widespread destruction across the planet and mass casualties.En Sabah Nur plans to transfer his consciousness into Xavier's body and use Xavier's power to enslave the minds of every person on earth. Xavier secretly sends a telepathic distress call to Jean, and the others travel to Cairo to battle Apocalypse and his horsemen. They rescue Xavier, but he loses his hair as the process nears completion.Angel is defeated and incapacitated in the battle. Erik and Ororo are convinced to turn on En Sabah Nur and, with Scott's help, they keep him occupied physically while Xavier fights him Telepathically in the astral plane. Finally, Xavier encourages Jean to unleash the full extent of her powers, incinerating En Sabah Nur. In the ensuing chaos, Psylocke flees.
Xavier restores Moira's memories, and the two rekindle their relationship. Erik and Jean help reconstruct the school, but Erik refuses Xavier's offer to stay and help teach. Peter decides not to tell Erik that he is Erik's son yet. As the new X-Men, Hank and Raven train new recruits Scott, Jean, Ororo, Kurt and Peter.
In a post-credits scene, men in suits visit the Weapon X facility to retrieve data on Stryker's mutant research, including an X-ray and a blood sample marked "Weapon X", on behalf of the Essex Corporation.
