X-Men: The Last Stand
As entertaining an X-film as has yet been seen
Speculation suggested this would be a tamer tale than the first two X-films. Wrong. 'X-Men: The Last Stand' is as entertaining an X-film as has yet been seen. It won't win over anyone who didn't like the first two, but it's eminently entertaining, and has a drastically dramatic denouement. The plot involves the development of a cure for the mutation that gives people like the X-Men superpowers, but also centres around Jean Grey, a character presumed dead after the first film, who returns here with more power than she can handle. These two plotlines could conflict in morally interesting ways, but this ain't philosophy: expect explosions. There's shocking surprises and astonishing action to be found in this marvellously mind-numbing movie. 'Nuff Said'. [Keir Hind]