The weakest of the 3

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2006)

Somehow I knew this movie would fail, the constant delays, the director shifts and cramming as many characters as possible. But after seeing the movie, I could finally see why it fails on absolutely every level. The movie takes place after the events of the previous X-men movie, where General Stryker and his goons were defeated by the X-men, but in the process Jean Grey sacrificed herself so the team could survive the tidal wave at Alkalai Lake. Now months later, a new cure has been discovered that could remove all the powers from mutants and Magneto's building an army to stop them,and top of that Jean Grey as returned from the dead but something hidden inside her has been unleashed, something terrifying and dangerous. The Last Stand fails to tell a good story(this one in particular full of plot holes such as no explanation for finding the mutant Leech, no explanation for Beast's absence from the team and Nightcrawler as well, no clue on how or not they had tested the cure), fails to connect with the characters, Wolverine is now an encoraging and warm teacher and his regenaration powers vary depending on the key scene of the movie, Xavier wells at him for no reason, Cyclops is just overly angsty and Magneto's still is old self, way too many characters that you never get properly introduced to. Angel really doesn't do anything in the movie. Despite being saddening, neither Xavier's and Cyclops presumed deaths are relevant to the story. The "cure" plot itself was utterly pointless, since we later find out it's only temporary(how didn't the researchers find this out, before going into major testing). Sloppy editing can be traced when it abruptly changes from daylight to night in just a few seconds. Bad effects don't help. A dissapoiting end to a great series.