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The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc... Read more

Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry
Director Bryan Singer
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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X-Men 2

The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc...

Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Brian Cox, Famke Janssen, Alan Cumming, James Marsden
Director Bryan Singer
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 8 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 10 Nov 2003
Blu-ray: 20 Apr 2009
Production year: 2003
Format DVD

X-Men 2 (2003)

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  • Critics' reviews (6) of X-Men 2

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  • "...A symphony of crescendos and pauses, orchestrated toward a big seat-rattling climax, during which an enormous dam breaks, veins bulge on both villainous and heroic brows, and a lot of computer-generated images pop, wiggle and shimmy to the throb and roar of John Ottman's music..."

    • New York Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

  • ...No other film-maker has better dramatised superpowers in action and yet remembered the human cost of all the trickery. X2 is full of double-edged power fantasies that manage a frisson of awe amid the excitement..."

    • Sight and Sound
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 20 out of 24 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Not much of an evolution

    Bryan Singer's 'X-Men' was a fair attempt at making an intelligent take on the comic-book genre, accessible to both newcomers and hardcore fans. The film presented a world where mutants walk among us causing prejudice and hostility.

    'X-Men 2' or 'X2'(as it insists on calling itself) picks up shortly after the first film's finale. Magneto(Ian McKellan) is incarcerated in his plastic cell, Wolverine(Hugh Jackman) is taking some time off to investigate his past, and the mutants are generally getting back to whatever it is mutants do. But when an unknown mutant attacks the president, it's the perfect opportunity for military advisor William Stryker(Brian Cox) to launch an offensive against them. He's given the go-ahead to attack the X-Men's school, but he has darker motives behind his actions.

    All this is neatly summed up in a pacy, exciting opening half-hour, confidently handled by Singer. It seems to promise a thrilling ride, but the film instantly grinds to a halt.

    The main problem with this overplotted movie is the fact that there's too many characters doing too many things in too many different directions. Singer seems determined to focus equally on each of the disparate strands of the plot, lending the film a bloated feel.

    Singer has again assembled an impressive cast. Hugh Jackman is again on form as Wolverine, Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart are excellent(especially in their scenes together) and Alan Cumming is a fine addition to the team. Halle Berry and James Marsden fail to bring much to the party while Brian Cox is a disappointing villain.

    There's still much to enjoy here. Ian Mckellan's prison break is a stand-out scene and the attacks on the school and the white house are both brilliantly handled. But the messy climax manages to feel both rushed and overlong, and there's the nagging feeling that a good 20 minutes here could be easily lost.

    The X-Men series is all about evolution, but this entry in the franchise is a case of arrested development.

      • Philip Concannon from London
      • Posted 23 Sep 2004 22:14

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  • 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    wolverine, wolverine

    this film is even better than the first. wolverine is again brilliant and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler is amazing. a stroke of genius casting him. this is a great film. thoughtprovoking through the use of predjudice and discrimination, yet very funny (the cat licking the claws) an excellent film in everyway.

      • A customer from mutant high
      • Posted 25 Feb 2004 19:54

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