Good popcorn movie

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2006)

At the start of the year, this movie, along with Pirates 2 and Underworld 2, was one of a short list of must sees, and possibly the one I was most excited about due to Dark Phoenix.
I'll admit I never read the comics, but I did a little 'Net research on their back story a few months before this came out.
They aren't faithful to original "Phoenix" story, so if that's what you are looking for you will be disappointed. IN some ways though, I find this Phoenix a more interesting one than the original comics character, who was an alien intelligence inside the body of Jean.
The movie zipped along nicely, and I felt it was worth the price of admission. I wasn't expecting anything mind-blowing, and didn't find the prior 2 to be either.
I'd have to say this was about what I expected, and I enjoyed it. I think it could have benefited from more story development; the film feels too condensed.