Sadly another misunderstood sufferer of Alien 3 syndrome

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2006)

For those of you unfamiliar with Alien 3 syndrome; Basically it's an installment in a franchise that tries to take a darker, more emotional approach than it's predecessors, which is usually ill-received by fans and critics, also some difficulties during production can affect it as well (i.e. Bryan Singer was originally going to direct but left to do Superman Returns, and was replaced at the last minute with Brett Ratner).
The main problem with this film is that it WAS too short, X2 was just over 2 hours and it covered everything perfectly. This film is roughly the same length of the first movie, and while the first movie was more about introducing the main characters and having a small plot and a bit of action, this film didn't bother giving much depth into the characters you already knew, but tried to introduce new characters and develop them, but tried to cram too many in and also have lots of action...but at the same time the way the film flows it seems that there were some scenes that would have been significant to the new characters that were cut out of the film. Such as Ben Foster's character (Angel) seemed to be cut out quite a bit.
Also people think this will be the last film in the series due to some of the characters being killed off. But anyone who is familiar with X-men knows that if a character is killed off doesn't mean they wont come back ;). Also it might have something to do with the actors don't want to reprise their role so instead of having a new actor in the role, they kill the character off.
But for now just know that this film is a just sequel to X2 and I consider it to be the 2nd best film in the series. And as I'm sure you've read in other comments keep watching after the credits. (and hopefully they'll release a director's cut!)