X-men 3: The Last Stand (2006)

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	Year of first release: 2006
	Director: Brett Ratner (Rush Hour 1-3, Red Dragon)
	Actors: Patrick Stewart (Star Trek VII-X), Hugh Jackman (Real Steel, The Fountain), Halle Berry (The Call), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Ringd 1-3)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 12.06.2014, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: Professor Xavier (Steward) and his team of X-men learn that a "cure" has been found against the mutant gene. This discovery will reveal new enemies and start a war between X-men and humans against the rebels lead by Magneto (McKellen).
Review: Since I watched Days of Future Past, I was curious the see again the movie that concluded the "original" X-men trilogy. Remember that Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects) made a big hit with the two first X-men movies, was not chosen to direct this third one, came back by producing X-men: First Class (directed by Matthew Vaughn), and is now fully in charge of Days of Future Past and the upcoming Apocalypse. This change of direction for The Last Stand created some disappointments. I remember to have liked it when I first saw it (already 8 years ago!) but now that I saw it again knowing what Singer wanted to do for the second trilogy, I understand the reactions that created this movie, especially regarding the death/change of some characters. I found it useless that Magneto moves the whole San Francisco bridge, like I found useless that he moves a whole stadium in Days of Future Past. I preferred the scene involving this iconic bridge in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But all in all it is not bad, well if you like mutants/superhero movies of course. There are new mutants with interesting powers and the resolution of conflicts initiated in the first two movies. It repeats what the viewers liked in those movies and tries to take the human-mutants war to a conclusion, at least temporarily.
Rating: 5 /10