Disappointing, shallow effort.

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2006)

I was surprised by how this movie just doesn't hold up. Lots of small, and shallow bits of plot leading up to the inevitable fight. There was no depth anywhere, formulaic and without a single twist that couldn't be seen a mile off. It felt more like a collection of cut-scenes in a video game. Angel came, and went. Didn't need to be there, and without any character development we were given no reason to care if he was, or wasn't. Ratner showed in various interviews that he didn't really understand (care about?) the actual franchise, and it showed.
CGI was pretty and the opening X/Magneto/Jean scene worked really well though.