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the third installment of the X-Men series opens, the world
has entered a relatively peaceful period for mutants. There's
a mutant-tolerant president of the United States, a blue furry
mutant named Beast (Kelsey Grammer) heading up the Department
of Mutant Affairs, and Magneto's shape-shifting femme fatale,
Mystique, has been captured. The tranquility is shattered
by two events. Worthington Laboratories, using a powerful
mutant boy, develops a serum that eliminates the 'mutant X
gene' permanently. This so-called 'cure' quickly divides the
mutant community; Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his
school are willing to give the government the benefit of the
doubt, but Magneto (Ian McKellen) and his mutant Brotherhood
see the serum as a vile threat to their way of life. They
form an army of mutants and march on the fortified Worthington
Laboratory located on Alcatraz Island. A much more dire threat
appears in the form of the resurrected super-mutant Jean Grey
(Famke Janssen), who has succumbed to her cataclysmic identity
known as The Phoenix. To face these menaces Wolverine (Hugh
Jackman) and Storm (Halle Berry) and the younger members of
the X-Men must leap into action, but they must do so without
the guidance of Professor Xavier--in a showdown with the powers
of The Phoenix, his mind-control powers proved insufficient.
To his credit, new X-Men director Brett Ratner emulates the
style and tone struck by Bryan Singer (director of the two
previous films) by combining outrageous special effects and
hyperkinetic action sequences with earnest soul-searching
and mutant 'issues' that are clearly meant to parallel the
political hot-button topics of tolerance, prejudice, power,
and responsibility.
All Customer Reviews
5 out of 5 - 9 Sep 2006
Where X1 and X2 were lacking in action, X3 is
abundant in it. Singer introduced us to the characters and
their powers in X1 and X2. Ratner put the characters' powers
to display on a larger scale in X3. From the Danger Room to
the battle sequence in Jean's house and to Magneto ripping
the Golden Gate Bridge are some of the memorable and unique
action scenes.
My only criticism is that it is too short. But
it sets the premise for a fourth movie, making X3 most probably
not the `last' stand.
But, overall, the movie was very entertaining!
And worthy to be bought on DVD ;-)
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