New X Men Movie Rounds Out Series Well
Comic book enthusiasts and the average moviegoer have been stirred by the newly released X Men: The Last Stand . While many X-Men comic fanatics found some dislike in the film, someone who is just out looking for a good way to spend two hours can find some serious entertainment value in this trilogy-ending film.
X-Men: The Last Stand picks up exactly where the last film left off. Jean Gray (Famke Janssen) is dead following a confrontation in a remote military base. This leaves Cyclops (James Marsden) distraught and unsure if he can continue leading the team of mutants.Hugh Jackman as Wolverine has delivered a performance well worthy of the series he helped form. Also returning are Patrick Stewart as Professor X and Ian McKellen as the anti-hero Magneto. New characters like the heroes Angel and the Beast are introduced. Kelsey Grammar has delivered a stellar performance as the Beast.
The main plot of the film is the development of a new drug that ‘cures’ mutants, causing them to lose all their mutant abilities and turning them into normal humans. While this is a good news for some mutants, such as the young Rogue, others led by Magneto feel that there is no need for a cure, and that they, in fact, are the cure for humanity. This ignites a war over the philosophy of whether or not the drug should be an option for mutants. Action-packed, the film weighs in at under 2 hours.You are barraged by scene-after-scene of high intensity. McKellan’s performance as Magneto is impressive, showing that Magneto’s ideals truly do have some consideration underneath them. The movie is as close to perfect as you can hope for from a series that only seems to get better each and every film even though the movie is not perfect.