X2

Name: X2
Director: Bryan Singer
Released: 2003

Bryan Singer

2003

3.00

Synopsis

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

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Hugh JackmanLogan / Wolverine
Patrick StewartCharles Xavier / Professor X
Ian McKellenEric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Famke JanssenJean Grey / Phoenix
Halle BerryOroro Munroe / Storm
Anna PaquinMarie D'Ancanto / Rogue
Shawn AshmoreBobby Drake / Ice Man
Aaron StanfordJohn Allerdyce / Pyro
Alan CummingKurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Brian CoxWilliam Stryker

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83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It also boosts the punch of the movie that so many of its action scenes evoke the Iraqi War news footage of the past month, and the "X-Men" premise -- people persecuted because their difference makes them seem threatening -- carries even more relevancy and weight than it did three years ago.
80
Slate
My chief complaint is that these mutants are a little--well, vanilla. I wish the X-Men had a touch of kinkiness to go with their weird abilities.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Perhaps in the next generation a mutant will appear named Scribbler, who can write a better screenplay for them.
75
New York Post
As irresistible as movie-theater popcorn - a lavish, reasonably intelligent, well-acted sequel with kick-butt effects that outdoes its predecessor, 2000's "X-Men," in almost every department.
70
Chicago Reader
As in the first movie, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are trotted out periodically to add a little gravitas.
70
Time
Wants to contain multitudes -- high ideals and high tech, the poignant and the silly. Doing so, it becomes a lexicon of modern filmmaking. It could be its own creature: Super-Generico. That's not the worst thing for a movie to be, but it's not quite Marvel-ous either.
70
Salon
In some ways, X2 is an obvious improvement on its predecessor: It looks more expensive, and its special effects seem to swoop out of nowhere...But "X-Men" was undoubtedly the most elegiac comic-book adaptation of the past few years.
67
Portland Oregonian
An engaging spectacle of energy and special effects built around a doomy mood and an ensemble cast vigorously pursuing a story line that isn't nearly as snazzy as the dressing.

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