Einstein was no mutant.

Rating: 7/10 (24 May 2006)

As I have expected, this by no means surpasses X-Men United, it's previous one, nor the original film. Yet it pays off certain plot points, such as the fully unleashed Phoenix, and the final revolt led by Magneto. Ratner does a reasonably good job, although this could have done better with the writers that Bryan Singer have used in X2. It has an intensity when the Phoenix is being dealt with, certaind deaths take place in X3. But on top of this, Professor Xavier maintains his higher sense of morales, in one sequence, Kitty Pryde even compares his ideals with that of a theory of Einstein... well, Einstein wasn't a mutant, replied Xavier. Watch Magneto levitate the most gargantuan object he has ever manipulated, see Shadowcat fight bravely against Juggernaut in a compassionate mission to rescue the mutant boy with the cure. Who's hiding, dickhead? And later, see Rogue make a decision of her own, a character highly underused in this film, but a key player if only; in respect the movie's main plot line.
And it ends with Wolverine's flesh being subject to destruction in the movie's final sequence. All in all, it is watchable but does not pack a wallop as Singer's X-2; X-MEN UNITED has. But think of it as a sociological drama, with a few scenes of action, some frights that you can enjoy courtesy of Brett Ratner and company.
7/10