Deconstructed Review

Rating: 5/10 (21 September 2006)

I don't claim to be an absolute die-hard fan, but there were a lot of characters in this movie that I had not heard of. (It seemed like there were two Spykes, I have no idea who the fast black girl is, nor who the guy wearing a bra is). Plus I don't remember Spyke or Phoenix ever being part of the brotherhood, Phoenix just wanted to destroy everything and Spyke was part of the Morlocks after a bit. Beast and Juggernaught look horrible Beast is to bright blue for real life acting and Juggernaught isn't even red, his helmet is different in a bad way, and the actor who plays him is way to small. Something else I noticed is Juggernaut seems to lose his powers when he gets close to Leech even though his powers are magical. They made a point of letting you know that the weapons the humans were using were plastic, ceramic would've made more sense. When Magento is preaching it makes the brotherhood look dressed like a bunch of Goth's and punks, In the comics and cartoons they had much more colorful outfits. I don't remember Phoenix killing Cyclops or Professor Xavier in anything I've seen or read. There's something to be said for a rendition of a plot line however its my belief this movie went way to far, the movie looks like it was rushed. The ending hints at another movie I hope it does the series a good deal more justice than this one.