X-Men: The Last Stand

2006 • 104 minutes

About this movie

Experience the awesome power of The X-Men's epic, final battle. Join well-known mutant heroes and villains, and meet a cadre of all-new warriors -- including Angel, Beast, Juggernaut and Colossus -- in this thrilling, explosive adventure! After a controversial "cure" is discovered, mutants can choose to retain their superhuman abilities or give up their unique gifts and become "normal." When peaceful mutant leader Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) clashes with his militant counterpart, Magneto (Ian McKellen), the battle lines are drawn for the war to end all wars. Bursting with nonstop action, spectacular special effects and exclusive extras, X-Men The Last Stand is a force of nature that will blow you away!

Ratings and reviews

Much like how Warner Bro. wanted a movie that would be lighter in tone and have more action than the original two, Brett Ratner took cues from the studio and "fixed" something that didn't need fixing. I enjoyed the almost gray-scale grit and reality of the first two X-Men movies. The powers of the X-Men are secondary to the insurmountable oppression and fear of the populous at large working against them. The color scheme used in this movie was too comic bookish and out of place from the other two. It is jarring to watch in comparison. Batman Forever wasn't a terrible sequel (unlike Batman and Robin which was so horrible that all copies of it should be destroyed) and neither is X-Men The Last Stand. It stays fairly true to the previous two yet the design is off and the characters veer off. Cyclops is the yin to Wolverines Yang. That was missing.

I agree with a lot of other reviewers. To the point in fact of all of the FOX X-MEN/Wolverine movies done, this was by far the absolute worst. Doesn't follow anything remotely close to the Phoenix Saga. At least the most recent done movie on the Phoenix Saga, The Dark Phoenix, was a tad closer, but still not real accurate. This was one of my favorite story arcs so to me this film should have never been written let alone produced. Horrible isn't even a strong enough word for how bad this film was. At least with the rest of the FOX X-MEN/Wolverine/Deadpool movies, may not be my favorites, but I can at least watch them, this won't even watch again, let alone multiple times like I have the other films. Hated it completely!!!

One of the weakest links in the X-Men franchise. It has too many corny jokes, it isn't very well visualized and it even got me disappointed a bit as I was expecting that tornado scene to be something more. It has a easy plot when it comes to the main plot and the Juggernaut is cool but this has little going for it. The Bridge scene with it breaking and moving, that sequence is a bit fun and Stan Lee has his cameo which is great. But this entry is not much otherwise. 2 and a half out of 5.