Blade Trinity (2004)

Blade Trinity (2004)
Rating: ★★★½
Jan 6, 2005Comic-Book Vampire Hunter
Third of the Blade films with Wesley Snipes. As director, series screenwriter David S. Goyer emulates the same exhilarating, kinetic moves that Guillermo Del Toro infused the second film with, while the script zings with his wryly cynical dialogue

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Rating: ★★
Jun 21, 2006Comic-Book Superheroes
Brett Ratner inherits the X-Men franchise from Bryan Singer for the third film in the series and promptly killed it off (after this point everything became prequels featuring Young X-Men). Ratner's handling of the superheroic action lacks Singer's exhilaration or any affinity for the characters

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Rating: ★★
Apr 29, 2009Comic-Book Superhero
After the disaster of X-Men: The Last Stand, the decision was made to give a whole film over to the series’s most popular character, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, and to go with a prequel that told his origin story. Largely a film that exists as a series of superheroic action scenes

X: First Class (2011)

X: First Class (2011)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 5, 2011Comic-Book Superheroes/Origin Prequel
An X-Men origin story that serves as the occasion to recast the series with younger actors. This works far better than the previous two films, integrating the characters in a strong story, although proves surprisingly quiet when it comes to the superheroic action scenes

The Wolverine (2013)

The Wolverine (2013)
Rating: ★★
Aug 3, 2013X-Men Spinoff Film
While this received a good deal of fan buzz, I must admit to being disappointed. It strips much of the superheroics and mutant cameos of the other X-Men films until it feels more like a Westerner in Japan thriller like Black Rain or even a routine film noir plot that happens to be cast with Wolverine

Logan (2017)

Logan (2017)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 25, 2017X-Men Film
Both Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart take the opportunity to bid farewell to the X-Men franchise. One of the strongest films in the series, having been stripped of much in the way of epic superheroics and allowed to play out as a character drama that allows both actors to shine

Deadpool 2 (2018)

Deadpool 2 (2018)
Rating: ★★★★
Nov 10, 2018Marvel Comics Superhero
Deadpool was an hilarious self-mocking, breath of fresh air amid the plethora of Marvel Comics adaptations. This sequel is an even better film, with the self-deflating, fourth-wall breaking humour even funnier and the bigger budget allowing slickly polished action (that proves just as hilarious as the dialogue)