[A] distinctly dull offering.
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06/03/06
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
56 %
Reviews Counted: 220 Fresh: 124 Rotten:96 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus:
Director Brett Ratner has replaced the heart and emotion (and character development) of the previous X-Men films with more action and explosions. The film should still provide ample entertainment, but viewers may truly wish this to be the Last Stand.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Synopsis: As the third installment of the X-Men series opens, the world has entered a relatively peaceful period for mutants. There's a mutant-tolerant president of the United States, a blue furry mutant named Beast (Kelsey Grammer) heading up the Department of Mutant Affairs, and Magneto's... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry
Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn
Producer: Ralph Winter, Avi Arad
Composer: John Powell
Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn
Producer: Ralph Winter, Avi Arad
Composer: John Powell
Reviews
While the movie takes itself seriously, not to say solemnly, it's really an occasion for funny, frightening metamorphoses and spectacular effects.
05/27/06
Top Critic
Singer’s absence is felt but not fatal. By adding too much new blood Ratner loses some of the original DNA, but with its nifty set-pieces and a few nasty surprises, X3’s still a worthy enough sequel to ensure it’s no Last Stand.
05/25/06
Top Critic
Aa tighter focus might have enhanced the set-up’s latent allegorical powers, and its emotional resonance.
05/25/06
Top Critic
This is an enjoyable blockbuster and not the disaster that many feared.
05/25/06
Unless you're already dedicated to the X-Men, The Last Stand won't really hold up.
05/23/06
Top Critic
At least Ratner knows how to handle both action and drama on screen, even if subtlety and substance fall by the wayside.
05/18/06
Its concept hinted at real greatness, but the end result is never anything more than average.
05/14/06
The film exists solely to give the Comic Book Guys of the world a chance to see all their favorite action figures, life size and in full form.
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11/01/07
It has no passion, no connection to where we are now, and in a series whose stories have heretofore spoken dark truths about American intolerance, that matters.
07/23/07
It may be just another superhero movie (or several of them, all frantically playing out at the same time), but it delivers everything you could want from the genre several times over.
07/02/07
A surefire kiddie crowd-pleaser, given the teeny-bop penchant for over-stimulating computer game warfare.
05/20/07
The action is non stop and the special effects jaw dropping, with a scene involving San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge an incredible highlight
12/13/06
Ratner has met with much skepticism from fans afraid that he would botch the franchise. He actually makes this an enjoyable summer blockbuster that generally lives up to the predecessors.
11/17/06
Disposable entertainment that passes the time with flickering images of flashy camera cuts and explosions before disappearing from memory before the popcorn is digested...
10/04/06
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