Undeveloped potential

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2006)

X-Men the Last Stand had all the potential to be the of the X-Men movies. X-Men 2 had set the stage perfectly for the movie, and yet Brett Ratner failed to develop any coherent plot, instead settling with a few one liners to further a character "Some people don't heal as fast as you Login" - Scott. The social issues of the mutant cure is practically ignored, only referred to in passing by Beast and a conversation between Rogue and Storm. The fight scenes left a bad taste in the mouth, lacking any coherent superhero battles aside from a 'Quicksilver' fight with Storm and a simple face off between Iceman and Pyro. The role of the heroes themselves feels more like cameos then actual leading roles. Only Storm, Iceman and Wolverine have any real dialog and that is kept to the usual prattle of the past movies.
No plot was actually furthers, instead a small dialog was expected to create a character, the movie watches more like a made for TV movie, where one expects to see the other half next week. Perhaps more accurately its the comic that comes in between the blockbuster issues, filled with just enough to keep you reading but not really bringing anything new or furthering any character or plot. After the cliffhanger ending of X2 I fail to see why this was needed.