Almost as enjoyable as the second film, though there is no time for character development.

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2006)

I thoroughly enjoyed X-Men the Last Stand. It was a fun film that moved at a break neck pace, and even though it was rather short for a comic book movie, it was never boring.
A millionaire has discovered a cure for the mutant gene. We have Charles Xavier's group on one side and Magneto's group on the other. Magneto wants to destroy the mutant cure, and Xavier is trying to come to an agreeable conclusion that would help mutants and humans alike. On top of this all we have the return of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) as her alter ego The Phoenix, and she's not so nice this time around. In fact she's damn powerful and scary as well, and has an even bigger role to play then she had in the second film.
Most of the same characters return from X2 with the addition of many others on both sides for mutants, including Ben Foster as the Angel, Kelsey Grammar as The Beast, Vinnie Jones as the Juggernaut, and Dania Ramirez as Calysto. Mystique returns as well, but she doesn't have the same screen time as she did in the first two films. That's a shame because I enjoyed her character, but what time she does get was still fun.
We also have some more surprises in this latest installment as some mutants die that you would never suspect, but I'm not about to give that information away and spoil the film. Lets just say you'll have to see the film and accept what happens. Some people might not like it too much, but I was genuinely surprised with some of the ones that were killed.
Brett Ratner has development a fast paced action film that moves much like a comic book would. There isn't much character development, but the movie is really too short to go into details about each mutant. Lets just say that X-Men 3 The Last Stand is a compelling adventure that never becomes boring for even a second. I liked it almost as much as the second film but not quite. It's still better than the first film which was another film that had it moments, but just not enough of them.