No Emotional Weight, But Not As Bad As People Say

Rating: 7/10 (26 February 2019)

Continuing my plan to watch every Hugh Jackman movie in order, I come to X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Plot In A Paragraph: The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Gray becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.
I like the moral conflict in this one, but it focuses too much on the action set pieces over the emotional storyline of the chance to be "cured" of their mutant gene. To start with Magneto has a valid point, but he essentially becomes a terrorist.
All the returning cast are fine, whilst Kelsey Grammer is a welcome addition, as was Ellen Page, Vinnie Jones however is not.
Rouge (such a big part of the first movie) is left in the background again in this one, which is a shame, as her story could have added some much needed emotional weight to the story.
I don't think it's as bad as people say, but is easily the weakest on the three.
X-Men: The Last Stand grossed $234 million at the domestic box office, to be the 4th grossing movie of 2006.