The other usual suspects -- Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), Pyro (Aaron Stanford), the delectably scaly Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) -- inhabit the film as well, although this time out, the series more than ever belongs to Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Storm (Halle Berry).
And anybody who's seen the previews knows that Famke Janssen's Dr. Jean Grey, who died in the last movie, uh, didn't. She's back, and she's not very happy about that almost-dying thing. For that matter, she's not very happy about anything.
Mad mutants do not make for mellow times, but they do make for big, flashy movies with plenty of fireworks, and that's exactly what X-Men: The Last Stand is. No, it's not the most subtle of films, but who the heck wants it to be? We weakling humans want our thrills cataclysmic and effects-filled, and X3 delivers the goods.
That delivery is somewhat easy, though. Who wouldn't want to be able to walk through walls? Who doesn't want to have all wounds heal in a moment? Imagine being able to control the weather just by pointing at the sky.
The blue fur thing, though, that's overboard.
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