| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Hugh Jackman | ... | Logan / Wolverine | |
| Halle Berry | ... | Ororo Munroe / Storm | |
| Ian McKellen | ... | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | |
| Patrick Stewart | ... | Charles Xavier / Professor X | |
| Famke Janssen | ... | Jean Grey / Phoenix | |
| Anna Paquin | ... | Marie / Rogue | |
| Kelsey Grammer | ... | Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast | |
| James Marsden | ... | Scott Summers / Cyclops | |
| Rebecca Romijn | ... | Raven Darkholme / Mystique | |
| Shawn Ashmore | ... | Bobby Drake / Iceman | |
| Aaron Stanford | ... | John Allerdyce / Pyro | |
| Vinnie Jones | ... | Cain Marko / Juggernaut | |
| Elliot Page | ... | Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat (as Ellen Page) | |
| Daniel Cudmore | ... | Peter Rasputin / Colossus | |
| Ben Foster | ... | Warren Worthington III / Angel | |
When a "cure" is created, which apparently can turn any mutant into a "normal" human being, there is outrage amongst the mutant community. While some mutants do like the idea of a "cure", including Rogue, many mutants find that there shouldn't be a "cure". Magneto, who still believes a war is coming, recruits a large team of mutants to take down Warren Worthington II and his "cure". Might seem easy for the X-Men to stop, but Magneto has a big advantage, which Wolverine doesn't have. Jean Grey has returned, and joined with Magneto. The Dark Phoenix has woken within her, which has the ability to destroy anything in her way, even if that "anything" is an X-Man. Written by rsanchez
The latest X-Men movie is disappointing to say the least. I don't know who had the final say on the finished product, (Brett Ratner, the producers or editors, or the studio) but the end result is an eyesore that has been rushed through production.
The movie is full of unexplained cut scenes that run into each other, that leave you frustrated and a little confused. The plot is sub-par with very poor dialog. The plot is not that difficult to follow, it's just full of holes. Holes that leave true X-fans wanting more. The music score throughout the entire movie is horrible and off. Music makes a movie. The writer of the score of X-Men 3 should be ashamed of the final product.
The unexplained introduction of a dozen or so new mutants was attempt to cover up the lame plot. The new mutants come and go without explanation or warning and spout a cheesy one-liner of dialog before they are rushed of the screen. There is an occasional curse word that gets all of the prepubescent teens in the audience a chance to chuckle like a little schoolgirl in their Sunday's best.
Brett Ratner was a poor choice to direct the third installment of the X-Franchise. With his not so impressive track record of Rush Hour movies, with Rush Hour 3 in preproduction; he should have been last on the list to direct this highly anticipated movie. It's like the powers that be just drew his name out of a hat and said lets go in that direction.
I'm not saying it's the worst movie out there, but it is defiantly the worst of the three. It was a poorly planned and over rushed movie that doesn't live up to the standards of true fans, such as myself. I've been reading and collecting X-Men comics for years and I know all of their back-stories and sub-plots and I expect it to at least live up to the standards of the previous two movies.
The end result is a movie that does not live up to the standards of the trilogy. The bad plot and dialog is replaced by CGI and special effects that try to district you from this poor movie that you shell out your hard-earned cash to see. It's worth seeing, but try to go see the lower priced day showing of the film.