Enjoyable But.....

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2014)

X-Men: The Last Stand is the weakest of the original trilogy. All the heart and character development from the previous movies is gone, and it's replaces with more effects, explosions and action scenes. But it's still an entertaining flick, it just won't be the X-Men movie I rush to watch again.
Plot In A Paragraph: It has been several months since the events at the end of the second movie, Scott Summers (Cyclops) is having a hard time and is grieving about the loss of Jean Grey. Meanwhile, the rift between humans and mutants has finally reached the boiling point. Humans have discovered what causes humans to mutate and have found a cure for the mutation. When news about the cure comes to Magneto, he decides to organise an army of mutants and wage war against the humans.
If I thought James Marsden's Cyclops was under used in the last movie, it's worse here. Halle Berry is given more to do than in the previous movie and I'm sure it's more in relation to her having an Oscar (Monsters Ball) than a Razzie (Catwoman). Rebecca Romijn isn't given as much to do here as one would hope likewise Patrick Stewarts screen time is all too brief.
It's nice to see Bill Duke (Predator/Commando) in a movie again, but Ian McKellen over acts an awful amount and (I hate to say) he is hamming it up to almost pantomime villain level and Famke Jenssen is certainly no Sally Field when it comes to playing someone with multiple personalities. Kelsey Grammar is a welcome addition to the franchise, as is Ellen Page. Sadly the same can't be said for Vinnie Jones.
It's Hugh Jackman who is the movies saving grace and along with (Grammer and Page) the main reason I made it all the way through!! The movie got better every time he is on the screen. He is fast becoming an actor I will give anything with his name in the cast a chance.