What the heck happened? Oh, that's right...Brett Ratner happened.

Rating: 6/10 (16 July 2006)

It's no secret that Hugh Jackman drives me absolutely wild (I've actually just been going back and forth between the computer and the television, because Hugh was guesting on, erm, Martha, ), especially as Logan/Wolverine, and in this respect, the movie definitely delivered. . The movie suffered, however, from some cheesy dialogue, the introduction of several new mutants, without any development, or much screen time at all (For instance, although Angel was the whole reason the 'cure' was ever developed, and you'd think he'd then play an important part in the movie...he was barely there, and when he WAS on screen, I think they just wanted to impress everyone with his 'wingspan'...which made me laugh innapropriately the first time), an absolutely ATROCIOUS score (I wished several times throughout the movie that I were deaf), etc etc. While the previous two X-men films displayed a balance of story/character development and action, the story/characters in this one were weak...and the movie was only redeemed by the incredible action sequences during the last half of the film...I'd rate those sequences alone an 8 or 9, but the rest of the movie a 5 or 6, or less.