X Men The Last Stand

X-Men The Last Stand 2006

• Director: Bryan Singer
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Famke Jansson, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables, Australia, The Fountain, Kate & Leopold, X Men First Class etc
• Ian McKellen – Vicious, X Men First Class, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films, Richard III, Six Degrees of Separation, Cold Comfort Farm, The Ballad of Little Jo, Macbeth
• Patrick Stewart – The Hollow Crown Richard II, Hamlet, Extras, X Men First Class, Star Trek (one of them, I don’t remember which), Excalibur, Hamlet, I Claudius
• Halle Berry – Cloud Atlas, Things We Lost in the Fire, Monster’s Ball, X Men First Class, Bulworth, Jungle Fever
• Femke Jansson – X Men Days of Future Past, The Dead Girl
• James Marsden - X Men Days of Future Past, The Butler
• Anna Paquin - X Men Days of Future Past, The Squid and the Whale, Almost Famous, Amistad, The Piano
• Why? Slightly addicted to the series
• Seen: 19 October 2019      

       Again, more or less the same cast as the previous one. After the tragedy of the end of X2, Logan and Scott are messed up, Mystique is captured and Magneto is … wherever.

       A mutant antibody – a ‘cure’ for mutation - has been developed. Magneto recruits to fight back. Jean returns but she’s not the same.

       Wha’?? This can’t happen!

       A bit of Hogwarts and lots more Harry Potter feeling and Magneto exhibits his Richard III persona.

       Wha’?? This can’t happen!

       There are many surprises, too many clichés and fistfights/explosions, many cool one-liners and some truly suspenseful moments. This is quite a worthy conclusion to the series and that last scene with Magneto nudges the rating up to

      

4* of 5 (Hal agrees)