The
Last Stand DVD version
Five out of five stars
The premise of this final episode of the X-Men featuring
Charles Xavier, Scott Sommers and Jean Grey is that a pharmaceutical company
has developed a vaccine that will “cure” mutants of their powers. For a few of
them, it is a godsend, but for the vast majority, it is a cure for what should
not be considered a disease.
As is usually
the case, Magneto takes the side of opposition and he attracts many mutants to
his side. He considers it a war against Homo Sapiens and the X-Men and Xavier
stand in opposition. Compounding everything is the return of Jean Grey, now
more the Phoenix than the Marvel Girl. There are some initial skirmishes, but
it comes down to a titanic battle between the forces of Magneto against a unit
of U. S. soldiers and a few of the X-Men.
The special
effects are of course tremendous, for without them no modern superhero movie
could be even close to entertaining. There are some casualties, but the ending
hints that we may have not seen the last of Magneto. It is a visually
stimulating movie, but if you are unfamiliar with the X-Men history to this
point, there are many references that you will not understand.
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