The same principle is applicable whenever a super villain enacts their master plan, especially for X-Men: Apocalypse’s eponymous antagonist.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe usually goes a similar direction as X-Men: Apocalypse and focuses on property damage rather than citizens dying in the process.
However, director Bryan Singer wasn’t keen on showing the Master of Magnetism killing innocents while doing it.