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Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammar, James Marsden, Rebecca Ramijn, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford,
Well, here it is; presumably, the final chapter in the X-Men trilogy! And just in the nick of time, I have to say. While still a pretty good action movie, the series is clearly losing steam here and characters drop like flies, so any further sequels will lack several strong characters, unless of course they are miraculously resurrected, comic book style. The acting performances are still strong, but this entry is less story-driven and more about giant conflicts. Solid direction augments the veteran (and costly) cast and some pretty cool effects help make this a pleasing action effort.
The entire cast has returned, once more, with the exception of Alan Cummings’ Night Crawler, who has been more or less replaced by Kelsey Grammars’ Beast character. Several other new mutants appear, as well, and help to generate interest. The series old question about how humans can live with Mutants in their midst is still here, and builds to a crisis level when humans find a ‘cure’ for the Mutant condition. It is claimed that it will only be used voluntarily, but Magneto and his crew find those claims hard to believe and soon tensions rise (along with the Golden Gate Bridge) and build to a spectacular and epic climax.
This is still a good movie, but it feels too similar to the previous entries and seems just a little tired. Still the ramped up action and high hero/villain mortality rate held my interest as it seemed like no one was untouchable. I would expect fans of the previous features to enjoy this death-match entry, but I can’t see any new converts being won over.
