Fitting completion of the X-Men trilogy.

Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2006)

The words in the movie's title, "The Last Stand", pretty well sums up what it is all about. In the first installment we learned about the mutants and how they came about. 'X2' was a story about enemies of the mutants. This 3rd one, and presumably the last one (until maybe 20 to 40 years from now), is about a scientist who develops a serum to convert a mutant to a 'normal' human being. And this further leads to a big conflict between the good mutants (the X-men) and the evil mutants under the leadership of Magneto. Definitely a movie for action junkies.
The movie has its usual cast of characters, with Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe/Storm, Ian McKellen as Eric Lensherr/Magneto, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey/Phoenix, Anna Paquin as Marie/Rogue, Rebecca Romijn (my favorite) as Raven Darkholme/Mystique, and Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier. Two great newcomers are Kelsey Grammar as the blue Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, and Ellen Page (of Hard Candy fame) as Kitty Pryde.
SPOILERS FOLLOW. One by one, many of the mutants die. An early one was Professor Charles Xavier, and continuation of the school comes into question. But in the end, it will continue. In the big battle, on Alcatraz Island, converted to a Government office, soldiers use plastic guns with the serum that will convert mutants to ordinary people, to escape Magneto's control of metal. But in a great use of CGI, he rips the Golden Gate bridge from its foundations and deposits one end on the island, the other at the SF wharf, to provide a bridge for his men. Wolverine gets the best of Magneto, when Dr Hank McCoy is able to sneak up behind him and inject him with serum. The last scene, former Magneto is seen playing solo chess in a park in SF.