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Rating: 4/10 (29 May 2006)

Plainly stated, the latest in the X-men movie franchise is awful. The storytelling is sloppy and the writing unimaginative. "The Last Stand," while based on a decent concept, just riffs off of what had been laid down in previous X-men movies and speaks in stereotypical popcorn-movie dialog.
I appreciate that this is a genuinely new interpretation of the X-men (this tale varies greatly from that of X-men mythology) but beyond the basic premise, and one scene (the scene of Angel as a child is horrifyingly touching) the movie is composed of the leftovers from a thousand bad summer blockbusters. After a few scenes, the movie is inundated by bad one-liners, the special effects become gratuitous and the characters fall flat. Major events (the death of a central character) are half-implied or vaguely referenced.
The film was a big disappointment for someone who loves the comics and enjoyed the first two films. It felt like an abandoned effort. Here's hoping the next turns out better.