Director: Brett Ratner
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart
Plot: The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Gray becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.
Disc Release Date: 24 September 2018
X-Men: The Last Stand was shot using Panavision cameras on 35mm film but is sufficiently recent to have been finished in the digital realm as a 2K DI. It is this DI that has been up-scaled and used here...
Unfortunately the disc has not been up-graded to the immersive surround tracks, so no Dolby Atmos or DTS-X, what we do have is the same DTS-HD MA 6.1 track that adorned the previous releases. Once again,...
All the extras come from the previously available Blu-ray, but not all, the second extras disc included with the original release in not here, leaving this film particularly sparse. UHD Audio commentary...
But are you ready to do what's necessary when the time comes? After two stints in the director’s chair, Bryan Singer left the X-Men franchise to work on Superman Returns, leaving behind Brett Ratner to...
The Last Stand is not a bad film, the trouble is it’s not that great either. A change of director, a cobbled together script and studio interference meant that the emotional core of the previous films...
X-Men: The Last Stand is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with a 2160p transfer in 2.40:1. While shot on film as with the first two outings, this is reportedly upscaled...
This release contains the same excellent DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1 track from the original 1080p Blu-ray release which Marty assessed in his X-Men: The Last Stand Blu-ray review. As I mentioned in the reviews...
Both Commentary Tracks from the original Blu-ray release have been ported over to the 4K UHD disc....
Note: This 4K UHD version of the film is available as part of X-Men Trilogy 4K. Perhaps surprisingly, given how frequently my review queue has recently been filled with 4K UHD releases that are at least...
Those who pay attention to such things may notice that I actually gave X-Men: The Last Stand a slightly higher score than Marty did, since I didn't feel the drop off in excitement was quite as pronounced...
X-MenMutants fight injustice with a great-looking HEVC H.265 encode, offering several notable improvements over its Blu-ray counterpart. Originally shot on 35mm film, the 2160p transfer comes with an appreciable...
All three movies join the fight on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with the same DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtracks heard on their respective Blu-ray counterparts. Although they would have arguably benefited from...
The same set of supplements for each movie are also ported over and can be enjoyed on the accompanying Blu-rays. However, each movie was originally released as a two-disc package where the second Blu-ray...
Since discovering Marvel Comics as a kid, the X-Men series has always enjoyed a special place in my heart and imagination. Unlike other superheroes where they gain their powers from special circumstances,...
As a lifelong fan of the original comic series, the X-Men adaptations will always have a special place in my heart, flawed as the first and last movie may be. Bryan Singer's sequel, on the other hand,...