Not as good as X2, but VERY ENJOYABLE!

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2007)

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, Dir. Brett Ratner)
When a cure is created, which apparently can turn any mutant into a normal human being, there is outrage amongst the mutant community. Whilst some mutants do like the idea of a cure, including Rogue, many mutants find that there shouldn't be a cure. Magneto, who still believes a war is coming, recruits a large team of mutants to take down Warren Worthington II and his cure. Might seem easy for the X-Men to stop, but Magneto has a big advantage, which Wolverine doesn't have. Jean Grey has returned, and joined with Magneto. The Phoenix has woken within her, which has the ability to destroy anything in here past, even if that 'anything' is a X-Men.
For the third and currently the final part of the X-Men trilogy, Brett Ratner took over the directing duties of Bryan Singer. 'X-Men' and 'X2' were huge successes, and it was obviously going to be a hard job of making it even better. Although, it doesn't manage to achieve the same status as the first sequel, it was still an enjoyable movie, which i enjoyed a lot more than the first film. All the character development had been set up in the first two films, so this movie was able to focus on the story and the action more. The action in this movie is great with some wonderful fight sequences. There are two problems i do find in this movie though. Firstly, the running time is too short, and should be a lot longer. Secondly, there are too many minor characters that could have been cut. The romance between Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake was pointless, and Angel was hardly included in anything important. Still, it's a great way to finish off the trilogy.
"Jean. Enough. Enough" - Magneto (Ian McKellen)
"You sounded just like him." - Jean Grey (Famke Janssen)