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The explosive X-Men motion picture trilogy officially draws to a close with this release that finds Rush Hour director Brett Ratner stepping in for Bryan Singer to tell the tale of a newly discovered ... read more read more...mutant "cure," and the polarizing effect it has on mutant/man relations. With the pressure on mutants to give up their powers and pledge alliance with the human race reaching a critical turning point, Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) urges tolerance and understanding as his nemesis Magneto (Ian McKellen) gathers a powerful resistance in preparation for the ultimate war against humankind. Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, and James Marsden return to reprise the roles they played in the previous two X-Men films, with Kelsey Grammer and Vinnie Jones joining the cast as Beast and Juggernaut respectively. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Release Date: May 26, 2006

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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006

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  • aquateen2
    May 7, 2012
    aquateen2
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    Brett Ratner's climax to the X-Men trilogy is an insult to it's intellectual and passionate predecessors that are among the best comic book hero films of all time. Anyone who is a genuine fan of the X-Men... read more movies should understand there are so many things wrong with this dumb, dull and heartless explosion fest. Firstly "the plot" so to speak, is incomprehensible and deeply flawed and apart from picking up on our heroes mission to protect a mutant cure nothing in it makes sense. Secondly, the political subtext and the debates and interpretations of discrimination discussed in the first two art house masterpieces are appaulingly replaced with loads of unnecessary violence and annoyingly loud explosions galore. There's also a lot of painfully cheesy dialogue and minus the developed characters Bryan Singer brought to the original and X2. If you watch this lackluster you aren't being a true X-Men fan, your giving hack directors like Brett Ratner money for ruining something you truly love and care about. It's intolerable, it's boring, it's got no character interaction and nothing ever actually adds up to anything. However, the most rotten and unforgivable thing about this film is how anticlimatic and depressingly heartless it acts when it comes to the demutantisation of Mystique and the tragic death of Scott and Charles Xavier. The producers and screenwriters obviously had no care for the fans whatsoever because it seems to me like they knew nothing about X-Men making it and what it actually means to some people.
  • thmtsang
    March 1, 2012
    thmtsang
    There is a cure for mutants. Do they choose to be unique or fit in with humans?
  • TheGame90
    September 18, 2011
    TheGame90
    This is real action....cool action....it's not fat explotions and cars going really fast....He moved the fucking bridge...A great ending to the triology. The thing with X-men is that even though everything is pretty stupid....everything makes sense. Very sad when Magneto loses hi... read mores powers. Good suspense in the movie. Thumbs up from the guy who thinks that X-men is a frickin joke
  • spielberg00
    August 19, 2011
    spielberg00
    From the start of the flashback in the very beginning of this film, it's quite easy to tell that it could have worked as a completely stand-alone film. And looking at X-MEN: THE LAST STAND as a singular film of its own, it was amazing and well-near perfect. On the other hand, l... read moreooking at it as the series' second sequel, as it was intended, this one really doesn't come to being as good as the first X-MEN or X2: X-MEN UNITED. It's good that after this no more sequels were made (ORIGINS: WOLVERINE and FIRST CLASS are both prequels, as are all upcoming installments), because with two very (very!) major character deaths, it really wouldn't make sense to create any chronologically further story. That said, this is still worth watching, and I hope I didn't spoil too much.
  • fb729949618
    July 31, 2011
    fb729949618
    Sadly not as strong as the first two, still full of action though.
  • ironclad1609
    June 19, 2011
    ironclad1609
    The final (?) chapter of the X-Men movies blends perfectly into the mood of its two predecessors, even though it had a different director. Seeing the crew again almost feels like meeting old friends, the characters of the X-men, both old and new additions, are humans just as much... read more as super heroes and their interaction take this beyond the level of a pure action flick, causing emotions and feelings in the viewer. The great cast helps that impression, of course. The special effects are fantastic, the pace fast, yet not rushed and the showdown is very exciting and spectacular. A lot of fans didn't like some character's ultimate demise here, but at least the movie dared to go there and didn't play it safe as third part. Not flawless but very enjoyable, only slightly behind the greatness of part 2. Still the best superhero movie series, though.
  • fb100002384654145
    June 12, 2011
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    The action and visuals may be good enough, but this entry in the X-men franchise lacks the heart of the previous two. The story lacks the epic feel of X2 and tends to be too busy with itself. The film is inherits the flaw in the first film, which was the plot being too Wolverin... read moree-centered. Characters like Storm, Jean Grey, or Xavier come across as one dimensional this time around. The introduction of characters like Angel(who does nothing) and Juggernaut just feel like shallow fan service. There are also many plot threads in this film that just feel like pointless filler. When Jean Grey turns into the Phoenix, it is supposed to be scary but it ends up being funny because Jean looks like she had a bad make-up job. The action and visuals are brilliant as always but the story is poorly conceived. All X-men 3 amounts to are cheap thrills and a disappointing conclusion to the X-men trilogy.
  • DreamExtractor
    June 11, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    What a tremendous failure. This movie was a flash flop. The acting was disappointing, the story sucked, and the effects were too flashy. They killed off almost all the cool characters of the X-Men universe or took away there powers and I felt really cheated becuase I love the ... read morefirst two X-Men a lot. Its just all the actors whining or being assholes to eachother, nothing more. I hated this entry in the X-Men films and will never like it, and I am very ashamed of the X-Men fans who did, becaus eit truly ruined the whole series.
  • nikhilnn95
    June 11, 2011
    nikhilnn95
    The character development which was key to the other two's success was lost in the midst of this anti-climactic explosion. Goes against comic books, kills off wrong characters (although Fox did supervise it.) A let down to any fan of the original. I very much want to forget this ... read moremovie ever happened. Thankfully the series will backtrack now. Hopefully the series can save it self at its origins.
  • MovieGeek13
    June 11, 2011
    MovieGeek13
    X Men: The Last Stand is definitely the most controversial film in the franchise, and with good reason. No doubt it's the weakest film of the trilogy. The list of complaints is long, from major characters being killed off too quickly and too early, an overabundance of characters ... read morewith inadequate screen time, it's inaccuracy to the comics' timeline, and the many mutants with ridiculously lame powers, etc.
    And yet, the film is not a failure. It's a well paced, well visioned, and quite epic conclusion that follows the trilogy's two main plotlines: the first being the battle between Magneto and Xavier, and the second being the political debate for mutant equality. Finally, the government has developed a "cure" for the mutant gene, and that sets off Magneto in a furious rage. What better way to start a grand battle between mutants, humans, and the X-Men.
    Brett Ratner steps into the director's chair as a hired gun, and maintains the tone and mood of the previous two films. He manages to maintain a brisk pace and juggles the many handfuls of subplots as good as anyone could with a story this convoluted. Of course the film feels rushed at times, and with a cast this large, one can only see the mistreatment of certain characters a result of scheduling conflicts and actor availability. But all in all, X3 works. It may not be the perfect conclusion to the trilogy Bryan Singer may have visioned, but it's a competent one. At least the studio didn't fuck this one up too much.

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David Ansen
July 7, 2010
David Ansen, Newsweek

Sillier than the Singer versions, Ratner's movie is also -- for this less-than-reverent X-Men fan -- more satisfying. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
June 22, 2006
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

X-Men: The Last Stand has shifted the shape of the franchise from pretty good, if uninspired, to terrifically entertaining. Full Review

Andrew Sarris
June 7, 2006
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

[I] found myself strangely moved by the sense of relationships, friendly and unfriendly, coming to an end in a dull return to normality in the world of humans and mutants. Full Review

David Denby
May 30, 2006
David Denby, New Yorker

What a comedown, after the weirdly beautiful things Singer and his technicians did in the first two movies.

Stephanie Zacharek
May 26, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The Last Stand is a hugely ambitious picture, and it would have been far more successful if Ratner had scaled it down to focus more on the interaction between the characters. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
May 26, 2006
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

[Director] Ratner makes a hash of the story and characters his predecessor brought to such complex, sympathetic life, delivering a pumped-up exercise in mayhem, carnage and blunt-force trauma. Full Review

Randy Myers
May 26, 2006
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News

True, Ratner is no Singer, but in The Last Stand he delivers the goods with gusto.

Geoff Pevere
May 26, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

To anyone more discerning, and certainly to those fans who cherished the way the first two movies took pains to honour what made the X-Men such special mutants, the final blowout will seem like a blow... Full Review

Carrie Rickey
May 26, 2006
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

Of the three X-episodes, Ratner's is the least involving.

Richard Corliss
May 26, 2006
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

How many distinguished veterans of the Royal Shakesepeare Company does it take to make a bi-g-budget trashy movie? Well, two.

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    • Jean Grey/Phoenix: You'll die for them?
    • Logan/Wolverine: No, not for them, for you..
    • Jean Grey/Phoenix: [shocked, started crying] Save me..
    • Logan/Wolverine: I love you... [stabbed Jean]
    • Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto: And that's thats why the pawns go first.
    • Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto: Charles always wanted to build bridges.
    • The President: Let me out of here! Don't you know who I am? I'm the President of the United States.
    • Prison Truck Guard: Oh, Mr. President. SHUT UP!
    • Logan/Wolverine: [After Collossus throws him at Magneto] Rah!
    • Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto: [Stops Logan from killing him by using his powers] You never learn, do you.
    • Logan/Wolverine: Actually, I do.
    • Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast: [Jumps and lands right behind Magneto and stabs him with four cure needles]
    • Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto: [Shocked] I'm... I'm...
    • Logan/Wolverine: ...one of them.
    • Cain Marko / Juggernaut: Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!
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