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All rights reserved.X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, DVD)
| Movie Description 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. IN THEATERS MAY 26 2006 The ups and downs of being a mutant: sometimes you're a superhero and sometimes you're just a freak. When a scientist (Shohreh Aghdashloo) discovers a treatment for mutantism, it causes a small stir in the X-men community (Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, et al.).
Editorial Reviews Los Angeles Times - Carina Chocano (05/26/2006) USA Today - Claudia Puig (05/26/2006) Total Film - Matt Mueller (06/01/2006) Sight and Sound - Kim Newman (07/01/2006) Ultimate DVD - Anthony Lamb (07/01/2006) Premiere - Glenn Kenny (11/01/2006) Entertainment Weekly - Daniel Fierman (10/06/2006) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||
Top Reviews  Good Movie but kinda disappointed with the endReview created: 10/12/06 by:  10 of 14 people found this review helpful. X-men are back in the Last Stand, we have waited to see this, as we never got to the movies when it first came out. For those that haven't seen it yet, I don't want to give to much away but for me the ending was a let down. I was left saying "is that it" Kelsey Grammar is excellent as Beast, and it is great that all the children from the previous movie are in this one, all grown up of course. It is great family entertainment, our 5 yr old loves the X-men, and he loved this one. I am left wondering if they will make a 4th or is that it? Review ID: 10000000002118746 Was this review helpful? Report this review  If you followed the comicbook storylines, don't watch.Review created: 11/07/07 by: 4 of 5 people found this review helpful. I had this horrible awful dream the other night that someone took the two of the greatest X-Men storylines of all time and reduced it to a terrifyingly bad encapsuliation, written and performed about as ineptly as anyone could ever imagine. Unfortunately this dream turned out to be real.... And the more I thought about this film, the more upset I became. This is just an awful AWFUL film that, for some inexplicable reason, people continue to defend by saying "At least it was entertaining!". This jerkwad excuse does NOT work. There is very little fun and almost nothing funny about this film. It works hard to hold your interest but fails miserably. I do not actually blame Brett Ratner so much for this failure as much as I do the writers, Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn. They have little-to-no respect for the source materiel and even less for the characters. What's even worse is the performances in this film. Halle Berry couldn't be more wooden if she had roots firmly planted in the ground. Hugh Jackman... when did Wolverine become such a wuss-bag? When have we EVER seen Logan shed a tear in the comic? If you've found it, you're more of a fan than I. Hugh Jackman seems to want to turn Logan into the Melancholy Dane. And it works not one bit. The only outstanding performer in this film really is Sir Ian. McKellen is one of the greatest actors to have ever lived and he continues his great work here. Kelsey Grammer as Henry "Beast" McCoy also is quite good, because his performance is one done with great affection for the character. I don't know if the direction that they decided to go with for the creation of The Phoenix is interesting or absurd. It does fit in with more of the "real world" stuff that they're looking to do (having Phoenix be a repressed dominant personality rather than a cosmic lifeforce is definitely more realistic, but this is a COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION...). Anna Paquin, who has been my least favorite character of the entire series, not that I disliked Rogue, but Paquin ALWAYS seems to be on the verge of tears. Rogue was someone in the comics, who, at times, revelled in her power, whereas Paquin's Rogue is sooooo incredibly saddened by her abilities (understandably, but COME ON... let her have some FUN once in a great while) that we're meant to empathize with her ultimate decision, which is also something that really bothered me. Most people in this film are just wasted... none more so than James Marsden aka Cyclops. His character is given the WORST of the fates in store for the mutant heroes, and no respect is given to him other that a passing moment at the end. That was the worst part for me because Cyclops was always my favorite X-Man, and his treatment in all of the films (worst of all this film) is upsetting to say the least. For the better part of the first decade that X-MEN was in print, the main focus of the group was Cyclops, even though they did have the foresight to have the team have an actual TEAM dynamic, as opposed to this film where it seems it's Wolverine vs. the world. It ranks amongst BATMAN AND ROBIN, ELEKTRA, and LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN as one of the worst comic book films ever made, and I recommend to read the comics and skip this film entirely. Review ID: 10000000004639893 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Famke Janssen Shines in X-Men: The Last Stand !Review created: 04/22/07 by: 4 of 7 people found this review helpful. Famke Janssen of the Uncanny X-Men Movies Trilogy is a little underutilized in the three films in my opinion, until the last film. She is overshadowed by Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine, and by Halle Berry playing Storm ! To her credit, Famke has also acted in Nip/Tuck, Golden Eye, Star Trek: TNG, Lord of Illusions, and I Spy. Although Jean Grey is not one of my favorite X-Men in the comic book series, her role in the movies did not feature her until the last film. I realize that with a large cast it is hard to give each role major film time. Famke plays Jean Grey, who was a minor player in the original X-Men series by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, but it was the return of Jean Grey after her 'death' that her role expanded. . The whole X-men Universe is so convulted and overwhelming that it is hard to keep any kind of continuity when reading the comics, and 40 years of comics is hard to condense into three movies ! I thought that all three X-Men Movies were really well produced, but like several other people, not all of my favorite X-Men got major film time. There is talk of a fourth X-men movie, but in the meantime we'll settle for the Wolverine solo movie! Hugh Jackman is one of Tina's favourite actors! I believe that this movie, as well as the first two are definitely worth watching and owning if you are an X-Men fan! Michael Review ID: 10000000003430527 Was this review helpful? Report this review Last standReview created: 09/07/06 by: 1 of 7 people found this review helpful. After having seen the midnight showing in my town, and having mulled over in my mind what I thought about the film, I have this to say one simple statement. I liked it. Yes, many purist fans will shirk at the lack of depth in some of the new characters introduced; however, all in all the film did what so many films fail to do these days, entertain throughout. Just to give a little initial background plot, as you probably know by now a lot of the focus is on Jean and the Phoenix. Well, actually a ton of the movie focuses on this, and not giving anything away, but basically all the climactic events deal with Jean/The Phoenix. Intriguingly enough though, she's given a very small role at least as far as speaking goes. Instead, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Storm (Halle Berry) take the lead roles, as they advance their characters slightly in depth, but heavily in status. Don't worry though if if you want and expected fresh faces, because the filmmakers also leave plenty of time for looking at, but not learning about, the newcomers. Also to mention, the youngest X-Men Rogue, Bobby (Iceman), and Kitty have somewhat of a sub-plot love triangle. Back to the plot though, because all those characters center on the story that a supposed-cure has been released for mutant hood. This is obviously a very divisive issue, as it widens Magneto and Xavier separation even more, while threatening the already fragile make-up of the X-men themselves. As I mentioned, the movie did have some flaws, as it seemed to want to provide too much in too short a time, while having to glaze over any kind of legitimate character development, (except for some for the Phoenix). Still, if you were a fan of the old ones, or just like good, entertaining superhero-type films, then you're sure to like X3. Review ID: 10000000001774494 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews The Finale... Or not?Review created: 05/12/08 by: This was a great end (or not?) to the X-Men Trilogy. A pseudo-social commentary, it addresses the idea of conformity. If we could make everyone the same and take away defining difference, should we? A wonderful myriad of new characters appear, along with the quintessential original characters - Wolverine, Storm, Professer Xavier, Jean/Phoenix, etc. The plot is decent, but slows uncomfortably in the middle. The special effects are fabulous, like the first two, but the characters seem more alive in this one. The viewer sees clearly how they deal with the idea of facing their own humanity. The broad spectrum of emotions lends reality to these characters. Over all, a well done movie. Definitely watch X-Men and X2: X-Men United prior to seeing this film. It makes the viewing that much more enjoyable! Review ID: 10000000007139375 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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