Not as good as the first two, but not bad

Rating: 7/10 (15 July 2006)

Definitely not the best X-men movie , but good enough as an action movie.
With so much potential embedded in the plot lines (would you choose to become "normal" again if there's a cure for the mutant gene? how do you deal with an evil version of a former teammate?), I am quite disappointed that the movie doesn't explore any of the issues in more depth similar to the first two X-men movies. My biggest gripe is the movie run time of 1 hour and 40 minutes. The previous movies were both 2 hours long, and this one *clearly* feels rushed for many of the scenes. The extra 20 minutes that Brett Ratner shaved off this movie could have dramatically improved it.
Gripes I had: - Jean Grey really didn't get much story development other than in the very beginning. She just stood there and looked cool most of the movie - Angel had pretty much *nothing* to say in the movie - Lots of disposable characters that were barely introduced and killed off (SPOILER ALERT!) - While I actually liked some of the "removal" of main characters, I thought not enough time was spent on making the loss impact more.
Otherwise, if you look at this movie as a pure action movie, it's one of the better ones out there. So do check it out. =)