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DVD Review: Wolverine and the X-Men Volume 3: Beginning of the End

Wolverine and The X-Men must face their biggest battles yet in the action packed Volume 3: Beginning of the End! Following the adventures in Volumes 1 and 2, Wolverine and his team are desperately trying to stop the coming war between humans and mutants from erupting!

This volume contains 5 episodes from the hit animated series:

"Future X": Professor X has been captured by Future Sentinels and now he must help a band of mutants escape from a future camp. With the help of his new band of X-Men, the Professor must retrieve Cerebro before the Sentinels can use the technology against mutantkind and destroy them once and for all. This episode features many cameos including: Bishop, Hellion, Marrow, Berserker, Vanisher, Domino and more! While the Professor fights against the Sentinels in the future, Wolverine deserpately searches for information on the Sentinel's Master Mold in the past. Can he find any information before it is too late?

"Greetings from Genosha": Nightcrawler's ship with mutant refugees finally makes its way to Genosha and is welcomed by the Scarlet Witch. She then offers Nightcrawler a tour of Genosha so that he can see the progress that Magneto has made. With the help of the New X-Man known as Dust, he discovers that there is more to Genosha than meets the eye! Can Nightcrawler warn the X-Men about Magneto's secret? Will the Scarlet Witch betray her father and help him?

"Past Discretions": Wolverine needs to know more about his past and ends up in the crosshairs of Weapon X! Logan finds the daughter of Maverick, who has a few secrets of her own. Professor Cornelius of Weapon X fears that Wolverine is getting too close to their organization and dispatches Sabertooth to stop Wolverine.

"eXcessive Force": Cyclops believes that Mr. Sinister (voiced by Justice League Unlimited's Clancy Brown) might have information regarding the whereabouts of the still missing Jean Grey and sets out to find him. Can he fight his way through an army of Multiple Men and the Marauders? And what secret will be revealed about the fate of Jean? This episode features cameos by Multiple Man, Mr. Sinister and the Mauraders.

"Battle Lines": Magneto takes matters into his own hands and sends his Acolytes to break mutants out of jail. Their main goal is a young mutant named Tildie Soames, who can create monsterous projections. The X-Men must work against the clock to stop Tildie before she causes too much damage and destruction. Will it still be possible for the X-Men to stop the coming war after the events of this episode?

Special Features:

-Astonishing X-Men: Gifted- The Motion Comic Episode 1
-Audio Commentary with Craig Kyle, Greg Johnson, and Chris Yost
-Trailer Gallery

Overall:
The team behind Wolverine and the X-Men has proven that they can take classic X-Men storylines and adapt them to a modern setting. The continuing effort to stop the future from Days of Future's Past has been an exciting tale. The ever increasing number of cameos in the series helps to maintain an exciting element of surprise within each episode. If you missed any of episodes from Volumes 1 or 2, Lionsgate has also released a 3 pack of all of the volumes at a reduced price.

ComicsOnline gives Wolverine and the X-Men Volume 3: Beginning of the End – 4.5 out of 5 new takes on classic X-Men Stories.

3-Disc Set of Volumes 1-3 is pictured above.

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