Rated PG-13
104 minutes
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
September 16, 2006 at 7:00 and 10:00 pm in 26-100
September 17, 2006 at 10:00 pm in 26-100
As 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. [www.rottentomatoes.com]
"X-Men: The Last Stand -- reputedly the last in the series (we'll see) -- still manages to be an eye-filling fantasy extravaganza and a big crowd-pleaser."
      -- William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Read this review.
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