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Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers - the result of unique genetic mutations. Cyclops unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes. Storm can manipulate the weather at will. Rogue absorbs the life force of anyone she touches. But, under the tutelage of Professor Xavier (.. Read more

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

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X-Men

Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers - the result of unique genetic mutations. Cyclops unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes. Storm can manipulate the weather at will. Rogue absorbs the life force of anyone she touches. But, under the tutelage of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind. Now they must protect those who fear them as the nefarious Magneto (Ian McKellen), who believes humans and mutants can never co-exist, unveils his sinister plan for the future...

Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, James Marsden
Director Bryan Singer
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language English
Released DVD: 27 Oct 2003
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

X-Men (2000)

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  • Critics' reviews (6) of X-Men

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Directed and co-written by Bryan Singer, this is the darkest superhero movie since Batman and features the coolest special effects this side of The Matrix. The story, set in the not-too-distant future, follows the power struggle between two factions of a new breed of humans with assorted strange powers — the good led by disabled professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and the bad led by Magneto (Ian McKellen). The Marvel Comics characters — including metal-boned Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), climate controller Storm (Halle Berry) and telekinetic Dr Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) — are well realised and Singer mixes the classic values of good storytelling with liberal amounts of digital magic. On the down side, this plays a little too much like the beginning of a franchise and — outside of the theatrically trained Stewart and McKellen — star quality is in rather short supply.

    • Radio Times
  • Stylish comicbook action movie that is one of the few to suggest that some intelligence is involved, though its attempt to find a connection between its mutants and the Jewish victims of the concentration camps is ill-judged.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 13 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Mutants are not the ones mankind should fear.

    There are mutants living in American communities, and nobody knows how and where they might use their strange and strong powers. U.S. Senator Robert Kelly wants to protect human citizens by passing legislation to require them to register with the government, but mutant Magneto, has other ideas. His plan is to let mutant Rogue absorb his magnetic powers in order to change many of the world leaders into mutants so that the Mutant Registration Act would not be passed.

    X-Men is a very enjoyable film, with an intriguing script, quite good effects, shots and convincing performances, particularly Stewart and McKellen, but also Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin as the outcast mutants Wolverine and Rogue.

    The movie's only defect is the fact that it feels like the pilot of a TV series, half of it being spent to introduce all the characters and their respective powers. In all pretty good entertainment

    Mutation: it is the key to our evolution...

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Good transition...

    A decent transition from cartoon to film.

    The plot is serious with little humour placed appropriately.

    As a fan of the cartoons I wasn't disappointed however I couldn't help feeling a little let down by Wolverine.

      • Aftab Ahmed from Manchester
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    X-Men

    McKellen: 'I'm too old for X-Men'

    • 13 Nov 2009

    Sir Ian Mckellen has disappointed X-Men fans by insisting he won't appear in a spin-off sequel based on his character Magneto. The veteran actor starred in three X-Men films as the magnetic villain and movie bosses are said to be planning a new movie to reveal the character's beginnings. The project will follow in the footsteps of X-Men Origins: Wolverine which featured Hugh Jackman's X-Men alter-ego. But McKellen, 70, is adamant a spin-off featuring Magneto will not involve him - he's too old Read more

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