Pretty much what I expected

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2006)

After watching the first two X-men films from Bryan Singer, I questioned whether or not Rush Hour director Brett Ratner would be able to deliver in the third installment.
I saw the midnight showing at the local theater with a crowd of X-men fanatics who all seemed to enjoy the movie. While there were high points to the film, i felt like half of it was missing.
Ratner did a good job of maintaining the style of the X-men films, he goes in depth with a few characters, but forgets many of the others, good effects, etc.
However, the film was far too short for me. They rushed through the first act trying to catch you up on all that had happened to give a good back story, but also to prepare you for the rest of the film. I found a few lines of dialog to be quite cheesy as well.
In the end, this was a decent attempt at finishing off the trilogy of X-men films. I think, however, that with a better script and better director it could've been something far greater.