O-Fend : The Last Snore

Rating: 4/10 (1 October 2006)

Sorry fanboys, the "final" (yea sure) installment appears to be even less engaging then the previous two with it's rushed script that felt like it was written as X2 was just being finalized. While the switch in directors did not really affect anything, airhead Brett Ratner does seem to enjoy glossing things up more then most. What seems to be lacking here is just any sort of memorable plot to latch onto throughout the 100 minute rehash. Yes, there is a climax that will have many fans emotional, the final moments in the end do attempt to build up to the epic finale we we're anticipating, but it feels like merely a distraction to make up for the majority of the film being endless retreads into characterization and moralization. By recycling, ad nauseam, the articulation of it's mutant themes, the franchise somewhere lost it's focus from an action film and instead lazily caters to the fans they know will always offer support by serving up the never-ending secret geeky handshakes of nerd recognition via mindless, pointless character cameos and undercooked, overvalued comic-specific references.