The Disney+ Sci-Fi Action Thriller That Restarted A Franchise

Toward the end of X-Men: First Class, the conflict between the friends intensifies as Erik, influenced by his traumatic experiences as a Holocaust survivor, decides to embrace a more militant approach to mutant superiority.

He turns against Charles, who advocates for peaceful coexistence between mutants and humans.

Erik takes control of a powerful metal-bending satellite, intending to use it as a weapon. Charles tries to stop him, leading to a psychic battle. Erik deflects a bullet aimed at him, but it accidentally hits Charles in the spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.