The Last Stand stands it's ground!

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2006)

According to the MC at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, the night of May 15th was the world premiere of the new Marvel Mutants movie, X-Men: The Last Stand.
The last installment of X-Men was walking on thin ice since the creative team move to another super-movie leaving it on the hands of new comers to the franchise like Brett Ratner and with a script from people who didn't give us the last two, more than satisfactory, adaptations.
I'm glad to say that despite the somehow new style in the movie, this new adventure fills all the expectations. A nice debate about if this is the best of the trilogy will come.
The story comes this simply way: A war is coming to the world since a "cure" for the mutant disease arrives. Xavier and his students aren't very glad to hear it and Magneto knows is the chance he has been waiting to unite the Homo Superior against the Homo Sapiens. Add to the mix the wildest card ever: Phoenix.
In a very nice and clever way, Phoenix is explained to the not comic readers as the next step on Jean Grey's evolution. Also, the movie goes where the comics rarely go. The first act of the movie comes with the death of a major character which some found as a relief.
And many more come to die too. This is the last movie and they make it perfectly clear.
And if you thought Storm was a waste of Halle Berry salary, think it twice. She finally gets her moment.
Wolverine, Colossus, Iceman and Kitty Pryde go to war with the furry company of Beast (fear not, he looks kind of silly, but you manage to forget about it as the movie advances). There are some new comers like Angel, Psylocke, Multiple Man and Juggernaut presented in a similar way to the other movies. Not main players, but you know who they are and what they do.
Of course, you can't wrap out a mutant series without a blast, what better than a big battle on Alcatraz with Golden Gate bridge as your main way of transportation.
A satisfactory end this one is indeed. By the by, don't glimpse on the last frame of the movie or you will miss the fan service to everyone who thinks there should be more X-Movies.