Guide Note

X-Men 3 "The Last Stand" is the third installment in the film adaptations of the Stan Lee super-hero comic book classics, X-Men.

Fast Facts

1. Directed by: Brett Ratner
2. Produced by: Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter and Avi Arad
3. Written by: Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn
4. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn
5. Music by: John Powell
6. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
7. Release Date(s): May 25, 2006 in the United Kingdom and May 26, 2006 in the United States
8. Running Time: 104 minutes
9. MPAA Rating: PG-13

Plot

Worthington Labs has developed a drug that will suppress the X-gene, giving the ability to "cure" mutants. While some of the mutants are excited to try to drug, others do not want anything to do with it. During X-Men 2 it was believed that Jean Gray had been killed, but Cyclops, Wolverine and Storm find her unconscious on rocks. Jean turns out to have turned against the X-Men, she destroys her family's house, disintegrates Xavier and leaves with Magneto. The mutants have a battle, with bad verses good at the compound for the Labs where they are holding the boy that helped create the cure. Wolverine traps Jean, who begs to save her. Wolverine tells her that he loves her and then kills her with his claws. Although Xavier is no longer with them, the X-Men continue their school for mutants.