MOVIE - X2: X-MEN UNITED - Review Rating $$$$$ $$$ (OUT OF 10)
STARRING - Hugh Jackman ( Logan/Wolverine), Ian McKellen (Eric/Magneto), Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier), Halle Berry (Storm), Famke Janssen (Dr. Jean Grey), James Marsden (Scott/Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Mystique),
Alan Cumming (Kurt /Nightcrawler), Shawn Ashmore (Bobby/Iceman), Aaron Stanford (John /Pyro), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Brian Cox (Gen. William Stryker) & Kelly Hu (Deathstrike).
DIRECTOR - Bryan Singer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil)
The bad mutants join up with the good mutants to fight evil in the form of a crazed senior government official who has a personal dislike of the mutants.
The plot, aside from the superhuman powers of the mutants, is coherent, logical and smart. The special effects are excellent and there's a lot of action as well.
A decent script and action is not enough to impress me all by itself. What separates the X-Men series from similar movies is the intelligent themes that run through it.
X-2 is not without shortcomings. At 133 minutes it almost crosses the boundary from thriller to sleeper. The introduction of the character Nightcrawler also left me a little flat. The character has all the annoying charm of Star War's JaJa Binks.
Lastly, the departure of one of the characters was the one area where the movie ignored its own logic and inadequately explained the character's motivation in the process.
X2: X-Men United is one of the few sequels that is actually better than the original.
Running time - 133 minutes
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