Kelsey Grammer as Beast, the best thing in a disappointing threequel.
Anyone will tell you that the third film in a trilogy is often the weakest and least favoured among the movie watching masses. Godfather III, Scream 3, Return of the Jedi, Blade Trinity; they all suffered the same feeling of ever diminishing returns. And so it is with X3, a sequel that begins with a promising all-action opening sequence and then subsequently fizzles out into a by-the-numbers action franchise movie. The action set pieces are all whizz bang fantastic and great fun whilst new characters such as Beast (yay!) and Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones, booooo!) are welcome additions. However, in the X-Men comics there is a rich and deep universe of diverse and interesting characters, so why in the movie is Magneto's brotherhood made up of an assembly of crappy expendable genero mutants?
When the exciting announcement surfaced that Juggernaut was to be featured in the new movie fears were that he wouldn't be done justice as he's one of the coolest and most popular villains in the X-comics. Here however, he is demoted to the role of jester as Vinnie Jones spouts some of the lamest one liners ever commited to celluloid. "Get me out of 'ere I need a pee!" being his cringeworthy opening gambit.
On the plus side Wolverine and Storm are allowed to cut loose a little and are undeniably cool, anchoring the frenetic action scenes with their spectacular moves. There's still a feeling that they're still holding back and Wolverine never really taps into his berserker side which is a shame.
X-Men 3 isn't a bad movie by any means, it's just an extremely disappointing one, moreso if you're a comic book fan.
X3 also takes enormous liberties with it's source material fabricating events which never occured in the comics. Those unfamiliar with the X-Men comics will definitely get more out of this film but for die-hard X-fans this will be a movie watched with gritted teeth.
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