A great finale of the best MARVEL adaptation ever

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2006)

X-men developed the characters, X2 did everything right what was made wrong in the first and The Last Stand finishes the story that was developing throughout all three films. And that is how we have to look on the final installment of the great trilogy.
Brett Ratner had a very difficult job finishing what Singer started, but I think he did it better than expected. The movie sometimes really lacks in the story, but we can forgive him that, because the action scenes and the visual effects are almost flawless and through the film we have funny moments that are making such a difficult theme as war very enjoyable.
We might see that the Ratner's favorite character is Wolveine, but so was Singer's and that's why I think Ratner was the ideal choice as Singer's replacement. Of course he tries to develop also other mutants, but since the length of the movie is less than two hours, it is almost impossible to develop twenty or more other characters. His decision was to develop the characters that were the most important ones for this film and even here, despite a few miscalculations, he made a very decent job.
The Last stand is action-packed from the first to the last second. It has the elements in it, that the first two didn't have. The dramatic moments are quite a few and are really helping by the suspense of the film. Basically, forget Spider-Man, forget Fantastic Four and most certainly forget Hulk, because this really is Marvel's best adaptation ever.
Even though it is a sci-fi action adventure we can find in it many problematics that we can find in the real world. And here is when surrealistic things in the film get very realistic and the film directly absorbs us in.
If you really liked the first two, the third one is going to bring you further into the world of mutants and it really won't let you down. It has all the first two had and even more. The only thing I am still missing in the film is Gambit, but this is the writer's and director's decision. But there is still an option of making the fourth one, despite what the title says. Just watch the film till the end of the end credits and you'll understand.
All in all, the film has its bad and good moments, but Ratner did a really good job by filling the gaps in the screenplay and therefore I'am giving this film nine from ten stars, because it really is an emotionally packed action bomb that at the end really explodes.