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X-Men: The Last Stand

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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 220

Fresh: 124

Rotten:96

Average Rating: 5.9/10

Consensus: Director Brett Ratner has replaced the heart and emotion (and character development) of the previous X-Men films with more action and explosions. The film should still provide ample entertainment, but viewers may truly wish this to be the Last Stand.

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release: May 26, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $234,150,411

Synopsis: As the third installment of the X-Men series opens, the world has entered a relatively peaceful period for mutants. There's a mutant-tolerant president of the United States, a blue furry mutant named Beast (Kelsey Grammer) heading up the... As the third installment of the X-Men series opens, the world has entered a relatively peaceful period for mutants. There's a mutant-tolerant president of the United States, a blue furry mutant named Beast (Kelsey Grammer) heading up the Department of Mutant Affairs, and Magneto's shape-shifting femme fatale, Mystique, has been captured. The tranquility is shattered by two events. Worthington Laboratories, using a powerful mutant boy, develops a serum that eliminates the "mutant X gene" permanently. This so-called "cure" quickly divides the mutant community; Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his school are willing to give the government the benefit of the doubt, but Magneto (Ian McKellen) and his mutant Brotherhood see the serum as a vile threat to their way of life. They form an army of mutants and march on the fortified Worthington Laboratory located on Alcatraz Island. A much more dire threat appears in the form of the resurrected super-mutant Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), who has succumbed to her cataclysmic Id identity known as The Phoenix. To face these menaces Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Storm (Halle Berry) and the younger members of the X-Men must leap into action, but they must do so without the guidance of Professor Xavier--in a showdown with the powers of The Phoenix, his mind-control powers proved insufficient. To his credit, new X-Men director Brett Ratner emulates the style and tone struck by Bryan Singer (director of the two previous films) by combining outrageous special effects and hyperkinetic action sequences with earnest soul-searching and mutant "issues" that are clearly meant to parallel the political hot-button topics of tolerance, prejudice, power, and responsibility. [More]

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Daniel Cudmore, Vinnie Jones, Ellen Page, Josef Sommer, Ben Foster

Director: Brett Ratner

Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn
Producer: Ralph Winter, Avi Arad
Composer: John Powell
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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The film exists solely to give the Comic Book Guys of the world a chance to see all their favorite action figures, life size and in full form.

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04/27/08
Rob Humanick
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There's a lot going on in this film %u2013- too much, really...

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
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11/01/07
David Ansen
Newsweek
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It has no passion, no connection to where we are now, and in a series whose stories have heretofore spoken dark truths about American intolerance, that matters.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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It may be just another superhero movie (or several of them, all frantically playing out at the same time), but it delivers everything you could want from the genre several times over.

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07/02/07
Anton Bitel
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A surefire kiddie crowd-pleaser, given the teeny-bop penchant for over-stimulating computer game warfare.

Full Review Source: DallasBlack.com | comment Comment
05/20/07
Kam Williams
DallasBlack.com
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A good if undistinguished capper to the trilogy.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
02/07/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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The action is non stop and the special effects jaw dropping, with a scene involving San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge an incredible highlight

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
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Ratner has met with much skepticism from fans afraid that he would botch the franchise. He actually makes this an enjoyable summer blockbuster that generally lives up to the predecessors.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
11/17/06
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today
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Disposable entertainment that passes the time with flickering images of flashy camera cuts and explosions before disappearing from memory before the popcorn is digested...

Full Review Source: cinemaobsession.com | comment Comment
10/04/06
Jeff Otto
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full review in Greek

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10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
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The final [i]X-Men[/i] film fails to live up to the expectations of its predecessors but remains a fun and surprising feature.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
09/26/06
Wesley Lovell
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Let's hope this really is the last stand ...

Full Review Source: West Valley View | comment Comment
07/27/06
Michael Clawson
West Valley View
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Una cinta veraniega indudablemente, que vale cada átomo mutante o no, del boleto pagado; una muestra de que el cine comercial puede ser entretenimiento puro con ocasionales pinceladas de humor negro y vida real.

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
07/10/06
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos
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Operatic in scope, especially in its rousing ending, it has a simple and easily accessible plot. This class A popcorn flick is also a heck of a lot of fun.

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07/10/06
Steve Rhodes
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X-Men: The Last Stand delivers exactly what I expected, nothing more, nothing less. It is what it is, and anyone who enjoyed the first two films will enjoy their Last Stand.

Full Review Source: Light Views | comment Comment
07/08/06
John Larsen
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The Last Stand is as good if not better than X2.

Full Review Source: Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) | comment Comment
07/02/06
Gina Carbone
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)
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Whilst those involved didn't save the best for last, they have delivered a film worthy of the title and an entertaining little vehicle to boot

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06/29/06
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons