2.5/4  It replaces the serious with bufoonish
Entertaining, but much too disappointing 2nd sequel that has enough comic momentum, energy and new characters to fill 3 films; alas, director Brett Ratner tries to wink at his audience the entire time and incorporates too many unlikely on... (read full)

1/4  40%
Action: 3 / 3, Comedy: 0 / 2, Good vs Evil: 0.5 / 1, Love/Sex: 0 / 1, Special Effects: 1 / 1, Plot: 0 / 1, Music: 0 / 1 = 4 / 10 or 40%, which is 1 /4 stars.

A huge step down for the franchise and it fails to carry through on the brill... (read full)

1/4  Terrible sequel
The worst of the three x-men movies easily. The are several problems within it. The first is the story, Both stories dark phoenix and a cure have potential but they are poorly realized. Neither story is given the attention needed for a goo... (read full)

1/4  Skip It *Some Spoilers Below*
The owners of the X-men movie rights apparently decided it was time to milk the third installment of the X-men trilogy for whatever it was worth. The final product churned out was among the worst Hollywood tripe imaginable. First of all,... (read full)

1.5/4  A huge disappointment
After the excellent superhero movie that was X-Men 2, I was understandably looking forward to this sequel. I was aware that with Bryan Singer gone, it may not be of the same class but I never expected this!

*warning spoilers!!*

The ... (read full)

1/4  Very little could save this movie
I was incredibly disappointed in this movie. The trailers were cut together in a way that really gave me hope. The marketing of the movie on billboards and bus stop posters were pure genius, in my opinion. I really had high hopes for th... (read full)

3/4  X-Men: The Last Stand Quick Review
Enjoyable enough . Not as good as 1 and 2 . 3/4

3/4  X-Men: The Last Stand Quick Review
Any movie with Wolverine in it is going to be great.

3/4  X-Men: The Last Stand Quick Review
Enjoyed this one too. Some of the action was too much but still thought it was a good film.

3/4  X-Men: The Last Stand Quick Review
When I heard Brett Ratner was directing the third X-Men, I had little hope. Interesting enough, I was suprised how well it turned out. A little heavy on the action side and less on plot, it none-the-less gets the job done.

4/5 Weakest of the series but still hits good on Blu-Ray.
  by John Lindsey (Socorro, New Mexico USA.)


A new "cure" has been discovered by scientists and one very special mutant boy with powers to take mutant powers away, Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) is shocked about the announcement of this new cure for mutations as he wants a peaceful sollutions to the cure. However the mutant community is very upset over this including Magneto (Ian Mckellen) the most who now hates humans more then anything now, Cyclops (James Marsden) feels bad about losing the love of his life Jean Grey (Famnke Janssen) died in that water wave but it seems that she has been reborn as Phoenix who has superior powers to her original but she turns out to be dark and dangerous. Magneto decides to declair war against humans while some mutants do like the idea of a cure especially troubled Rogue (Anna Paquin) who wants to be cured of her dangerous powers. It's up to the X-Men like Storm (Halle Berry), Wolverine (Huge Jackman), and new member Beast (Kelsey Grammer) to stop this war before humanity is doomed including mutant-kind.

A very weak finale to the major Marvel based movie trilogy! it's quite complex but does have an interesting concept about curing people who are different then any normal human being, replacing Bryan Singer with Brett Ratner is kind of a dumb move. The film unlike the first two are rushed but does introduce some more mutants like Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones), Angel (Ben Foster) and Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) but the problem is that the story is prepostorous and the humor goes way too far unlike in the first two. The film does kill off some members of the X-Men but i ain't gonna tell you who for the film isn't as bad as fans proclaimed, it deserves another look since it's a very exciting finale of the series.

This 2-Disc Blu-Ray gives off stunning picture and sound quality high theater-esque that will rocket your system on high with some fantastic extras like audio commentaries, Trailers, deleted scenes, Featurettes, a documentary on the trilogy, Still and video galleries, Vignettes and Blogs, and animatics.

1/5 RATNER THE HACK RUINS THE X MEN SERIES
  by P. Soares (Fall River, MA)
What a major disappointment this film turned out to be. The first two films in the series directed by Brian Singer were not necessarily accurate, but still had weight to them. This installment however brings nothing to the table but action scenes with no weight. Major characters are killed off with little fanfare leaving the viewing audience with the most uninteresting mutants to fight the final battle. Underdeveloped characters like Collossus, Roque, Angel, Kitty Pryde and Iceman step in to fight the final battle. But they are so underdeveloped that we just don't care what happens. The Phoenix storyline which should have been the focus, is reduced to a subplot. Magneto, who was somewhat sympathetic in the first two films, is reduced to a cackling villain who doesn't care about the very mutants he is sacrificing for. Note the line in the final battle where he states while mutants are falling in battle..and he says this smirking.."this is why the pawns go first". This is so out of character from the first two films. Xavier also has a line that he delivers to Wolverine, "I don't need to explain myself, least of all to you." Why would he say that to Logan? Completely out of character.

The final battle is so absurd. Magneto moves a bridge but can't bring a building down? And his master plan is to throw flaming cars at the X-men? That's it? FLAMING CARS? THE MUTANT WAR THAT WAS BUILDING UP CAME DOWN TO FLAMING CARS? And Jean Grey does nothing for most of the movie but watch. She kills Xavier and Cyclops without any remorse. This movie just plain sucked. For me personally the trilogy begins with X men Origins Wolverine. I know many people did not like it, but I thought it was pretty good. It wraps up with X2 as Logan's story comes full circle from Origins. X3 for me is not part of cannon. I wish Singer or someone else, anybody else would direct another X men film that ignores the events of X3. Or just start over. That's all.

3/5 good movie Bad quality
  by Joshua Peet
I just got this movie on Blu-Ray and the picture was horrible its the worst Blu_Ray ive seen i hop the 1st and 2nd one look better. and yes this is the 50gb duel layer one.


4/5 The War Over Mutant Supremacy Has Begun...
  by Justice0309 (Joplin, MO USA)
In the last decade one genre has returned from almost certain death to become one of Hollywood's most lucrative sources of income. That genre is that of the superhero, or comic book genre as it is most commonly referred to as. Several franchises have been successfully established within this revived genre, some standouts would be the `Spider-Man' movies, `Batman' reboot and the `Blade' trilogy. In the midst of all of those, one franchise has stood out from all the others by taking the focus of the comic book film away from being only on a few key characters and onto an entire team of heroes. This set of movies is none other than the `X-Men' franchise.

After two highly successful trips to the box office with "X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United", both with Bryan Singer at the helm, the third film "X-Men: The Last Stand" would feature a new director. For the third entry in the series, director Brett Ratner ("Red Dragon") took over for Bryan Singer, who left the series to direct "Superman Returns". The decision to have Brett Ratner at the helm of such a high profile movie that was to serve as the supposed final chapter in the popular superhero trilogy, caused many a fan to become uneasy. This was caused in part by the fact that Ratner had at one point been picked by Warner Brothers to direct the newest `Superman' movie; however, before much progress could be made he dropped out of the film. So, with a new director onboard that had little to no obvious experience in dealing with elaborate visual effects (not to mention the fact that he couldn't handle one hero let alone a team), and the success of a franchise on the line, one question remained. "Could this latest chapter in the `X-Men' series hope to succeed when it seemed that so many factors were working against it?"

"X-Men: The Last Stand" begins with the creation of a new `cure' for the mutant gene, allowing those born with powers to choose whether they wanted to remain mutants or take the cure and become normal human beings. This `cure' quickly becomes the focus for the mutant race, and serves as the potential catalyst to spark an all-out war that has been brewing between Magneto's (Sir Ian McKellan) `Brotherhood of Mutants' and Professor Charles Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) X-Men. With mutantkind divided as to which side to choose, the battle lines are quickly being drawn, and the final battle is about to begin!

Screenwriter Zak Penn ("xXx: State of the Union"), taking over for departing writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris (who also jumped ship to work on "Superman Returns"), chose wisely (in my opinion) to not focus on a story dealing solely with the `cure' for mutants. Granted the cure story arc was interesting and provided some very captivating moments between key characters as some felt the cure was a blessing, while others felt it was just another way for humans to oppress the mutants even further. With that being said, I don't feel that this storyline would have been able to sustain the film throughout its entire duration. With that in mind I feel confident in stating that the film greatly benefited from the intermixing of the incredibly popular Phoenix story arc from the comic books. The Phoenix plotline, just as it did in the comics, provided some very intense moments within the story, along with numerous opportunities for the characters to explore how they feel about Jean's miraculous resurrection and her newly unleashed awesome power. This proved especially true for Hugh Jackman's character Wolverine, as he now finds the woman he loves may be a threat to everything else he holds dear.

Many detractors of this film felt that the movie lacked in substance, and that the film would have been better served had it focused solely on Jean Grey becoming the Phoenix. I agree that the film probably would have been even better had it dealt even more, if not solely on Jean's manifestation into the Phoenix. However I must disagree with the first sentiment about the lack of substance. This film was the final act (or at least it appears to be) in a trilogy, meaning that in some way it ties into events that occurred in the previous two films. Therefore, this film is intended more as a means of tying up any and all remaining loose ends left over from its predecessors, while at the same time expanding somewhat on what had been laid out prior to this entry. In the case of "X-Men: The Last Stand", the film's story was focused on exploring what happened to Jean in the closing moments of "X2", unleashing the war that had been brewing between the two opposing sides of the mutant race, and introducing us to the concept of a cure for mutants. If you ask me, those three aspects of the story provided plenty of substance for this film to draw from, and it did so in a satisfying way that didn't come off as overly bloated and complicated like some third film's in a trilogy have of late (for example, "The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End").

The cast, as they have been in the previous installments, was still as great as ever; except for a couple of exceptions. Actresses Halle Berry and Anna Paquin appeared to struggle with their characters for some reason in this film. Both of their performances varied between good to being just flat and disinterested in nature. I will say that aside from her performance in "X2", Halle has been inconsistent with her interpretation of the X-Man known as Storm; however, by this point one would have hoped that she would have figured the character out by now. As for Anna Paquin, I don't really know what the problem was; perhaps it was her character's arc in this film and her insecurity about being a mutant becoming more apparent given the newly discovered cure. Whatever the case may be, she clearly struggled to find a groove in her surprisingly small amount of screen time, given that the character was much more involved in the previous two films, and in the end she delivered what could possibly be classified as the most uninspired performance in the film. Like I said, aside from these two, the remainder of the returning cast members continued to deliver solid performances, even when relegated to little more than a cameo appearance (I'm referring to James Marsden's character Cyclops).

Joining the returning members, the film featured several newcomers to the series, such as Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Vinnie Jones (Juggernaut) and Ben Foster (Angel), all of whom fit right in, as if they'd been members of the cast since the very first movie. Now, I for one never would have picked Kelsey Grammer (TV's "Fraiser") to embody the X-Man known as the Beast. Sure he could handle the intellectual dialogue and would sound genuine in doing so, but I wouldn't have thought of him as being all that physical of an actor. However, there he was in some of the fight sequences right in there with the other X-Men, and holding his own without any trouble at all. It's just one more example of how some of the casting choices in Hollywood never cease to amaze me in how spot on they are, despite all appearances to the contrary. Next we have soccer player turned actor Vinnie Jones ("Gone in 60 Seconds") offering up his portrayal of the powerhouse mutant known as Juggernaut. Juggernaut pretty much did in this film exactly what the character is known for in the comics, essentially decimate anything and everything in his path. The only major difference between the two mediums is that there was no mention ever made to the character being the half-brother to Charles Xavier. Aside from that Vinnie's performance was as good as expected for an actor playing a character that isn't known for being all that much of a thinker or having any real depth to him.

Last but not least, we have actor Ben Foster as the mutant known as Warren Worthington III, a.k.a. Angel. The only thing you can say about Ben, other than the fact that he pretty much knocks every performance out of the park, is that he is a true chameleon when it comes to his appearance and presentation from role to role. In one movie he'll have long black hair and an extremely bad attitude ("Hostage"), then he'll have scraggly red hair, a plethora of piercings, and a heart of gold ("The Punisher"), or he will be a clean cut, blonde heir to a massive fortune as he is in this film. It's amazing to me to see just how diverse Ben has proven to be in various movies, and each performance is always unique from the one before it. This is one actor who I believe will go down as one of the best and most talented of his generation.

The action scenes in this film are the most intense out of all the `X-Men' movies. Everything is so exciting and fast-paced that you feel like you have to see the movie more than once to fully take it all in. Going hand-in-hand with the action, the special effects work is also the best out of the franchise. Not that the visuals in the first two movies were anything to look down upon. In this film there is one sequence alone, involving the Golden Gate Bridge, that is worth the price of purchasing this movie.

"X-Men: The Last Stand" isn't a perfect movie by any means; however, it completely ties up all loose ends while still delivering to us a pulse-pounding battle that had been teased at for the last two films. Despite all the bad press this film has received among some fans, critics and so on, I personally found this installment to be just as entertaining as the first film, and a fitting end to the series.

"X-Men: The Last Stand" is rated PG-13 for violence, language, and sensuality.

4/5 Great disc, average movie.
  by Onix Franceschini
The film:
After re-watching X2:X-Men United, I felt compelled to re-watch "The Last Stand," since I only saw it once, in its theatrical run. I did not like the movie too much the first time through, and you can only see a movie for the first time once, so it left a sour feeling in my mind. Well, I bought the movie on Blu-Ray, and I gotta say... the feeling is still there, it's just a little better. The movie picks up right after X2 ended, with Cyclops still grieving over the death of Jean-Grey, Logan is still the smart-aleck "substitute" teacher, and Professor X is having these mental issues that lead back to a little girl from 20 years ago. To say that Bryan Singer is missed is an under statement, for a lot of the issues and themes from the old films don't resonate as much. The acting is still good, but what really hit some of those sour notes were the liberties they took with the characters. As a fan of the old animated series and some of the later comic books, it was rather dissapointing to see some of the characters go, and some to not come back at all.(Nightcrawler, anyone?) Another one of my issues was how the closure was handled. To, me it was flat and lifeless. For example, when Pyro and Iceman had their duel, Iceman headbutts Pyro and that is it. You don't see anymore of his character. Closure like this makes me feel unhappy, at least compared to the prior films. Also, what was up with the mutant that was the cure? Other than that plot device, he had no other role in the film. He could've been substituted by a cow, and it wouldn't have made a difference. The action was great, and the special effects snazzy, but overall, it was an average flick. Oh, well. Here's hoping "Origins" hits the right spots.
The Blu-Ray:
No complains here. The video is definitely top notch. It's very minimally grainy, though its natural, retaining the film look and feel. Colors are spot-on, contrast is never blown out (though a little too bright during the white room scenes with the "cure" mutant) and blacks are deep. Great video!
The audio is also a heart-stopper. The DTS HD Mix on this disc is a heavy-hitter, with some deep, low bass and great directionality, never having any issues with dialogue. This is a truly worthy mix. Great demo material indeed!
So, I give it a four star rating instead of a three because of the great production values of the Disc. Otherwise, the film stays at a three out of five.