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Written by Knight Ridder
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand
Three stars [out of 5]
Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, Rebecca Romijn.
PG-13 / 1 hr. 43 mins.
Here’s a faint-praise review of “X-Men: The Last Stand.” It’s not nearly as bad as we’d feared.
Signing hack Brett “Rush Hour” Ratner to direct has had fans rending their T-shirts and flaming the Internet chat boards. The blasphemy!
But he didn’t kill the second-best comic-book movie franchise going (after Spider-Man, silly) so much as wrap it up. The Men (and Women) exit with a little snap, a lot of explosions, a teensy bit of wit and a little heart. And any doubt the series has run its course is removed in a thrice.
“The Last Stand” begins with the news that there’s a “cure” for mutancy. This gives some of the X-folk pause. Rogue (Anna Paquin), for instance. She’s always had “issues” with her super-powers.
“What’s wrong? I can’t touch my boyfriend without killing him. Other than that ...”
Then, there’s Logan, aka Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the star and heart of these movies. He’s grown a little more civil, a little more social, since his electric introduction, hitchhiking in the snow, in the original “X-Men.”
“Logan, we work as a team,” Storm (Halle Berry) reminds him.
“Yeah? Good luck with that.”
The cure has Holocaust survivor and super-villain Magneto (Ian McKellen) up in arms. He’ll raise an army to fight the insipid, bigoted “Homo-sapiens,” a word he can’t say without spitting.
This “cure” thing comes up as mutants seem to be doing better at gaining acceptance. Yes, but can they get married in Vermont?
There’s peace between humans and mutants. They have a cabinet “Secretary for Mutant Affairs,” played by Kelsey Grammer, in Ty-D-Bol blue, with Bigfoot’s fur and a Brooks Brothers suit.
“The Last Stand” moves, it amuses a while, and it ends. Yes, Bryan Singer, director of the first two, led us to expect more. But he’s moved on, to “Superman” and “Logan’s Run.” Maybe it’s time we did, too. | Only registered users can write comments.
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