Big disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (28 May 2006)

Xmen the last stand was a big disappointment. The story was rushed in a 2 hour period and was done so terribly. As if the director never saw a single xmen episode or comic. The new characters in this movie are given minimal importance and pretty much make what the promotional items show fake. Angel is pretty much insignificant and isn't used at all in the plot. Rouge is wasted and all she does is line up to get the cure. Cyclops is killed around 20 minutes in for no apparent reason. In short so many key characters are killed that the idea of making a fourth installment would be absurd. The plot basically revolves around Phoenix/Jean Grey, who has about 10 lines in the movie, it does contain much action though thats all it has. The great Phoenix saga is the best in Xmen and is ruined here. Beast is given a well deserved part, but thats it. Other great characters like Colossus are wasted. One of the things i hated the most was that there was a punchline or joke like every 4 lines and situations are barely taken seriously. Overall a kid under the age of 10 will probably love it, though a true critic or someone who plain old knows xmen will see it as the disgrace it is. This is all due probably to the change of director, i mean you cant expect much from the man who directed Rush Hour.