X-Men 3

Rating: M – Contains Violence & Offensive Language.
Duration: 99 mins.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-fi.
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Hugh Jackman, Vinnie Jones, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Aaron Stanford, Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page.
Director: Brett Ratner.
Release Date: Available Now.

When scientists stumble upon a ‘cure’ for the mutant gene, Professor Charles Xavier and his small group of X-Men must battle the vicious and violent Magneto and his brotherhood of mutants and stop them from wiping out the human race, and fight against the humans who would force the cure on all mutants.

It’s a mutant battle royale, with plenty of action, humour and new faces. Perhaps a little too much for one movie, but Ratner does a formidable job in concluding the X-Men trilogy.

Complaints that the sheer number of new mutants meant that their characters could never be fully explored is valid up to a point. It’s necessary that we have the number of new characters for the storyline, but possibly we could have gotten to know one or two of them a little better.

The storyline in it’s self is a little too neat, it’s almost as if someone said, lets put an end to the X-Men franchise so we can do a Wolverine movie, but lets go out in style.

The special effects are what we’ve come to expect from the series are we mind-blowing good, though the much-hyped Golden Gate Bridge scene left me somewhat un-impressed. Jean Grey’s new powers under her resurrected name Phoenix were spectacular, and the touching finale was somewhat predictable, but a worthy ending to a great trilogy.

If you loved the first two X-Men movies, then you’re going to enjoy this one, just don’t believe all the hype, and you won’t be disappointed.

Food for thought:
Can death bring freedom?

Rent or Buy?
If you’re a collector, this will complete your collection. If you’re not, then this is a good place to start!