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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Rank 2 Reviews
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The New Yorker (David Denby)
MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
As might be expected, The Last Stand pretty much looks and plays like the first two X-Men films, though perhaps with more noise and babe action and a little less glum. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
JackassCritics.com ("The Grim Ringler")
DVD Talk (Brendan Surpless)
Empire Magazine [UK]
efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
The X-Men franchise goes out not with a whimper but with a bang. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Daily Mirror [UK] (David Edwards)
[A] distinctly dull offering. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Daily Mirror [UK] (David Edwards)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
The Last Stand moves, it amuses a while, and it ends. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
A good action spectacle, and there's nothing wrong with that. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
Le potentiel y était pour un film grandiose et tout ce que Fox nous a offert est un film d'action un peu plus réussi que la moyenne. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
It's mainly The Last Stand 's feeling of treading water that bugs the most. Although it's certainly a watchable movie, the franchise has led us to expect much more than that. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
Empire Magazine [UK]
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
This is an enjoyable blockbuster and not the disaster that many feared. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Supercala.com (Paul Salfen)
The weakest of the three. But being the only major release of the week, it looks like it will be a success no matter what anybody says. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Supercala.com (Paul Salfen)
Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania
Director Brett Ratner balances on Bryan Singer's shoulders, attempting to hold up the mutant world Singer so reverently rendered in X-Men (2000) and X-Men United (2003). But he falls off - and helms X-Men: The Last Stand, the third in the x-franchise, wit ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania
Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Incoming director Brett Ratner is interested in one thing and one thing only: action. And he's very good at it. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Political Film Society
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
May 26, 2006 | Very early in "X-Men: The Last Stand," a fair-haired, preteen mutant -- we don't yet know his name -- stands in front of his bathroom mirror in tears, struggling to complete some barbaric grooming ritual that we can't quite see. His father ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
This is the third film in the series, which means that on three occasions now we've been presented with the same story, featuring the same conflict, leading to the same false resolution, a smiley-happy joining of hands at the edge of an abyss. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
The cleverness of the basic idea, stitched together by credited writers Zak Penn and Simon Kinberg from story arcs in the comics, gets lost in all the commotion, while the characters get reduced to, well, cartoon versions of their former selves. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
X-Men: The Last Stand expands on the themes of discrimination and alienation explored in the first two films, and still retains the franchise's signature kick-butt action features. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Though this third film, directed by the ham-handed Brett Ratner ( Rush Hour ), slides into overstuffed narrative complication and self-parodying quippiness, the pop mythology remains intact, even vital. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
The Last Stand, which contradicts its subtitle with the cheesiest sequel tag of the year, slumps as soon as it introduces its plot gimmick. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
In Last Stand , [director Brett] Ratner displays his formidable technical skill, but he lacks the sense of timing and character development that made the first two films a success. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Wanniski.com (Matthew Wanniski)
Their film lacks the heart, soul, and brains of the earlier films and ends with little resolution of the issues it introduces. Lame action scenes, trite dialogue, and a head-scratching finale, combined with a serious lack of cinematic imagination make for ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Wanniski.com (Matthew Wanniski)
Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
What matters to discerning fans is whether respect for the material is balanced with solid, intelligent filmmaking, and those qualities are going downhill fast. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
The Last Stand is a pretty spectacular action movie ... [even] if it doesn't quite achieve the enchantment of the earlier films ... McKellen, Stewart and Jackman are once again magnetically expert. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Of the three X-episodes, Ratner's is the least involving. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
When Jean Grey starts gasping, "Kill me!" it's like she's the voice of the franchise.... ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)
Disposable entertainment that passes the time with flickering images of flashy camera cuts and explosions before disappearing from memory before the popcorn is digested... ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)
Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Ratner seems incapable of infusing his overly busy story with nuance, depth or the wonderful wry humor that connected us so thoroughly to these characters in the first place, and so their sacrifices never register. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
For a movie that promotes unity, it is awfully splintered in its storytelling. It lacks a core plot to link the set pieces and create a sense of momentum. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
A fast and furious smorgasbord of sound and fury, adding up to little in the long run, but, yes, fun while it lasts. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
X-Men and X2 brought unusual complexity and depth to the comic-book movie genre. X-Men: The Last Stand, though a mile wide with mutants, is about an inch deep. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
For all the sound, fury and spectacle, the film feels vaguely hollow and unsatisfying. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
The Last Stand , though the weakest in the franchise, is often a kick to watch; you keep wanting more of these characters. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
If I'm going to be grabbed by a comic book adaptation, it will be a single, old-school action hero with a complex back story and sense of drama, like Superman or Batman . ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
It feels a lot like X-Men: The Diluted TV Adaptation. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Premiere Magazine (Ethan Alter)
Where Singer played up the real-world parallels inherent in the franchise's premise, Ratner clearly feels more comfortable when things are going boom. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Premiere Magazine (Ethan Alter)
Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Manufactured from almost the finest materials available (more on that later), "The Last Stand" is the third and presumably last film about the powerful Marvel Comics mutants who walk and often fight among us, some on our behalf, some not. The first films ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Click here for to listen to the interview with Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashemore, and Dania Ramirez (13:00). Oh how the mighty have fallen. X-MEN: THE LAST STAND is the third installment in what until now has been a sterling franchise and its failings are an ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
“X -Men: The Last Stand” will probably satisfy series fans, at least initially, though as they reflect on it later they may decide it’s not much fun--the same trajectory devotees followed with the last three “Star Wars” movies. Let’s hope ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Fans -- believers -- will lap up "X-Men: The Last Stand," while outsiders looking through the other end of the binoculars will be thinking, "One man's filet mignon is another's shoe-leather burger."
"Last Stand" is the third and supposedly ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
As an allegory of otherness, the film displays impeccable liberalism in arguing against the idea of a "cure" for mutants: can't we, it asks, just all get along together? McKellen's arch-villain Magneto makes it clear that togetherness, for some ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
There was much consternation when director Bryan Singer left the X-Men franchise to helm the new Superman movie. This was the guy made a couple of comic book movies that ended up being two of 20th Century Fox's biggest recent earners, after all, the ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
The climax finds the president announcing all is well during a broadcast over Fox news -- a bit of corporate in-house promotion that apparently is not intended to be ironic. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
Its action-packed but lacks that certain mutant angst. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
This is X -Men kids, one does not expect 'A Twelfth Night' deep yarn to play out before you. And on this point, X-Men does not disappoint; minimal brain-space required to follow the bouncing mutants ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
A full-fledged mutant jamboree, but one that blunts thematic and character development in favor of narrative expediency. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
There are plenty of boneheaded decisions plaguing X-Men: The Last Stand ... yet there's also enough of merit to earn it a passing grade. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Without the first films' textured relationships, the story becomes just another episode of Orange Fireball Cinema. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
Ratner has taken a series characterized by subversive wit and intelligence and put it in a bland box -- It could be worse, but it couldn't be less distinctive. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Oppressive overkill can suck the life from any hallowed institution. Even, dare say it, the X-Men . ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Howlingly bad cliches, transparent exposition and plot holes large enough to contain the continent of Africa -- with room left over for Ratner's judgment and an artichoke. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Sin llegar al nivel de las anteriores, esta tercera parte entretiene aunque está más basada en la acción que en sus personajes, rasgo fuerte de la saga. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Screen It! (Jim Judy)
A noisy and active but ultimately mediocre experience that probably won't be the last of its kind. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
At this stage, Fox should seriously consider either retiring the franchise entirely or giving it a rest before reinvention. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
ReviewExpress.com (Michael Black)
Brett Ratner delivers the action but the punch doesn't stand up to the previous two films. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at ReviewExpress.com (Michael Black)
eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
MovieWeb (Sean O'Connell)
A sufficient conclusion to the series Singer started, but any connection these films had to the original comics has faded away. ...read the complete X-Men: The Last Stand movie review at MovieWeb (Sean O'Connell)
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
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