[Colin Glassey] X-Men 2
Saw the 1st new huge movie of the summer: X-Men 2. It was good fun, a few foolish logical errors but overall a tight, action-packed improvement over the first film.
One point I think is worth debate: was Wolverine justified in killing all the "special ops" people who were sent in to paralyze the sleeping mutant children in Doctor X's school? I argue that when mysterious people sneak into your house, dressed in black with night-vision headgear and assault rifles, you have every right to use deadly force to protect your house from invasion.
These "special ops" forces were obeying what seems to me to be an illegal order to attack a location in advance of the local police. They failed to identify themselves and failed to notify the residents of the legal authority which permitted the operation (if any). For all the residents knew, the attack was conducted by military arm of some mutant hating group (which, in the movie, is not far removed from the truth.
Will there be an X-Men 3? Its hard to see how they can top this film.
11:15:23 PM 
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