The Bottom Line
Pros
- Effects are terrific
- Brett Ratner and the screenwriters' commentary track is easily as good as the film itself
Cons
- Not the vast collection of bonus features you'd expect from the last film of the series
Description
- Deleted and extended scenes as well as three alternate endings with optional commentary
- Commentary by Brett Ratner, Simon Kinberg, and Zak Penn
- Commentary by Avi Arad, Lauren Shuler Donnner, and Ralph Winter
- DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
Guide Review - X-Men: The Last Stand DVD Review
Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are among the familiar faces returning for the last X-Men movie to feature all the central characters. In this final film of the series, a cure's been discovered and its availability is the source of a split among the mutants.Magneto voices the strongest opposition to the cure. Rallying his troops, Magneto declares war on those who'd force a cure on his fellow mutants. He's determined to secure the source of the cure by any means necessary - including using Phoenix to destroy everything that stands in his way.
The X-Men aren't supporters of the cure but also don't back Magneto's call to arms and his plan to take on the government and kill innocent people. The battle kicks into high gear when the two opposing forces meet up for a final showdown in San Francisco.
The Bonus Features
It's worth sitting through a second screening of X-Men: The Last Stand just to listen to the commentary track by director Ratner and screenwriters Penn and Kinberg. These three should form their own comedy act and do stand-up in clubs. Their audio track is the best reason to purchase the DVD. Other than their commentary, there's not much else in the way of extra material. Since this is the 'last' film of the series, you'd expect there to be, at the very minimum, Making Of or other behind-the-scenes featurettes. But instead all that's included is a collection of deleted scenes and an additional audio track featuring Avi Arad.
