X-Men 2 (DVD)

...suspicions-stroke-delight when the mildly disappointing X-Men franchise got given the go ahead for another slice of the cash pie. Let us delve into the plot, eh? Oh, let we, let we. ***THE PLOT*** It’s pretty much straight after the events documented in the first X-Men (synopsis: Mutants exist. They meet each other. Save world leaders. End), and facial-hairily-challenged Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is in Canada trying to dredge up nuggets of his ...
...knife in the President’s vitals! X-Men to the rather relaxed investigation! Along with all the other good X-folks (Jean Grey, Cyclops, Rogue, Iceman, Pyro, Storm…the list goes long), Professor X soon finds that his old buddy-slash-nemesis Magneto has spilled his brains to human anti-mutant type Stryker. Soon the entire X-Men program (secretly run by Prof. X in his special school) is under threat, and all the X-Men must team up with all the bad guys ...

peppersinclaire 14.04.2004 · Read full review
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...it! It's called: X-MEN 2 ***ACTORS AND ACTRESSES*** Patrick Stewart - Star Trek Films, The Prince of Egypt, A Christmas Carol Ian McKellan - Lord of the Rings movies, Rasputin, Bent Halle Berry - Cat Woman, Die Another Day, Gothika Hugh Jackman - Kate and Leopold, Van Helsing, Someone Like You James Marsden - Sugar & Spice, Gossip, Heights Famke Janssen - Hide and Seek, Made, I-spy Alan Cumming - Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2, Pits Rebecca Romijn-Stamos ...
...the wisest of all the X-Men and leads them in their continuing stuggle. Ororo Munroe/Storm Played by actress Halle Berry. Storm (as she'll be known from now on) came to Xavier with a very destructive power. Storm has the ability to manipulate the weather at will. She can create monsoons, cyclones, rain storms, thunder, lightning, fog, anything to do with the weather. Storm was one of Xavier's first students and he taught her to control her power. ...

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...and directed by Bryan Singer X-Men 2 is the follow up to the hugely successful X-men, released back in May 2003. ==Plot== Just as the dust had settled and things were getting back to normal, Whitehouse security is breached and there is an unsuccessful assassination attempt on the President of the USA (Cotter Smith) by a mutant that goes by the name of “Nightcrawler” (Alan Cumming). The failed attempt naturally makes the headlines resulting in a ...
...a lot more violent in X-Men 2 than X-men 1, which is a good thing. It seems that Jackman can do no wrong in his role but then Wolverine is a crowd favourite and it is always difficult to criticise your favourites. That said, Alan Cumming is also particularly good as Nightcrawler. There is also plenty of eye candy, which also helps to keep the audience interested. Once again Famke Janssen looks absolutely stunning, Halle Berry looks great (but in ...

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...first one! Story The X-men are mutants, people born with weird and wonderful powers. Charles Xavier's School for the gifted is where mutants are trained how to use their gifts, but also how to become accepted in the mainstream world. They all seem to be pulling together as a community, but a secret government conspiracy, is digging away at the surface of there extended family, until one night, they declare an all out war with the mutants, they ...
...young, and older students get out in reasonable good condition. Wolverine, Rouge, Bobby, and Pyro, go to Bobby’s parents house, for refuge, but his parents are unaware, of Bobby’s well, gift. As the day progresses Bobby’s family become more and more nervous around him, until his brother phones the police and they are completely surrounded. Wolverine, Bobby and Rouge try to reason with the police, but it turns out that Pyro is a bit of a dark horse, ...

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...minutes between the release of X-Men and the filming of this sequel. His cast (who were signed up to return for at least one sequel) were going to make him big bucks on the 2nd installment of the comic book adapatation. Since X-Men, Halle Berry has won an Oscar, Ian McKellan has played Gandalf, Hugh Jackman has hit the bigtime with films like Swordfish and Kate & Leopold, and Famke Janssen has....had her hair cut? (Ok, she was in I Spy, but Owen ...
...over the trailors on the X-Men 1.5 DVD, waiting for the 2 hour Hugh-fest that is X-Men 2. I even have two X2 movie posters on my wall at this very moment. Don't commit me just yet, please. Before you see this film, I would recomment renting or buying X-Men, the first in the series, to get an idea of what's going on. It's not necessary but it will clear up a few queries you might have, and introduces the characters in more detail. In X-Men 2, we ...

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...(understandably) is being marketed as X-Men 2. Do they think that that somehow sounds cooler? I can’t imagine… Anyway. This is perhaps the first sequel I’ve ever seen without first seeing the original. I think you can get away with it if you have some familiarity with the background of the (sorta-) titular X-Men of Marvel comic book fame. I’m not so sure you would if you don’t have that knowledge, however. Returning ...
...explanations, which was apparently a flaw of the first film, but gets right into the action. It starts with a kinetic blue mutant blasting his way into the White House, seemingly unstoppable. He gets all the way to the President, dodging bullets and slamming Secret Servicemen in a blurred frenzy. But just when you thing he’s up to no good, he doesn’t kill the Big Man but merely leaves a calling card, or, actually, knife. It seems it ...

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...success of the first, the x-men are back for some more none stop entertainment, and it has to be said I was not disappointed. It was based on the massive comic strip by marvel. The film starts from where the previous one ended with Magneto held in the purpose build non-conductive prison and wolverine is returning from his voyage to discover how he was made. As you are following from where you left off this is great as you sense that you do not need ...
...Magneto, Professor X and the x-men set out to stop Striker and his team from killing the mutant race. But everything is not how it appears as Magneto and his accomplice Mystique have something else up there sleeve. It was to be the X-mens most dangerous mission yet… TAKING A CLOSER LOOK I have to admit that I was very impressed with the sequel. The first movie was very good and to be fair most sequels are quite poor comparing them to the first, ...

kev_macca 04.06.2003 (05.06.2003) · Read full review
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...been sceptical about the original X-men film and ending up pleasantly surprised, I decided to view this sequel with less sceptical eyes and once more was treated to another effect-laden Marvel from director Bryan Singer. The technical wizardry combined with an all star cast including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen vividly brings to life one of the most popular of comic book tales. For the uninitiated, ...
...far. X-men are mutants who have been born with supernatural powers and abilities. Shunned and feared by the 'normal' populous, they are taken under the wing of Professor Charles Xavier (Stewart) who, with the help of more experienced mutants like Storm (Berry) and Wolverine (Jackman), nurtures their skills at his 'school for the gifted'. Xavier uses a device called Cerebro which links to his mind and helps him locate and follow mutants and humans ...

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The second X-Men film starts exactly where the original ended. Bad guy Magneto (Ian McKellen) is still in his plastic prison while Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) continues his mission to bring together ‘normal’ people and Mutants through his school for ‘special’ people. Your old chums from the first film are all still on board: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), Cyclops (James Marsden) Storm (Halle Berry) and others. I have ...
...I hadn’t even seen the X-Men cartoon or comic series before and was therefore completely unfamiliar with the characters. However, I thought it was a decent film (not brilliant) with good performances and a story you didn’t have to try too hard to follow. For X-Men 2, I was therefore happy to take my three kids (aged 11 & 13) along and they were happy for me to take them! The action gets under way when an attempt by a mutant is made to get into ...

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...were able to buy the X-men 2 DVD for our 13 year old son that had been making large amount of hints that he would love to see this movie, We had a choice to either buy the 1 or 2 disc version the only differents between the two was the set that had two disc had more extras and knowing that nearly all most teenagers would only really watch the film we thought that buying the cheapier one would make no difference to him and knowing my son the disc ...
...Jackman) the lonier of the X-men that has no memory of the past and wonders between good and bad trying to find answers to his nightmares that he keeps getting.Wolverine himself a tall dark man that has side burns that looks like he's from the film Strasy and Hutch with hair that sticks up like he has stuck his finger in a live shocket, I think this really is to make him more wolf like....mmmmm I think not!!!!. Well his spiecal gift is abit more ...

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...40 or so years... The X-Men are a group of mutants who try to help the human race who are constantly rejecting and fearing them. All mutants have a unique and special power or 'gift'. Professor Charles Xaivier (Patrick Steuart) is a mutant who runs a school for 'gifted' people and to protect them from the world that hates them. On top of that, Xaivier is also the leader of a mutant team known as the X-Men. This film pretty much picks up where the ...
...Usual Suspects) does it in such a way that you can watch this film without having seen the first. As this film is far bigger than its predecessor (and broke box office records on its opening weekend, not for long I feel as "Matrix Reloaded", "Hulk", "Terminator 3" and "The Return of the King" are on their way soon), you naturally expect bigger effects, bigger stunts, more characters, more special effects, more... everything! That is exactly what ...

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...but not yet joined the X-men and Gambit has been mentioned but not yet starred, I feel these would be worthy additions to the cast. This sets up nicely for the rest of the series and after the final few frames fans of the series will know what I mean, I believe this series can run and run and expect big things in the next few years. DVD - On the second of the 2-disc edition of this film are the extras we know and love. 11 deleted scenes add a ...
...around the history of the x-men and in particular NIghtcrawler, whon is the show piece character of this film and recipient of some of the most impressive special effects. Overall I recommend this film for fans of all ahes. It remains faithful to the comics and also spans a generation gap which few films are able to do successfully. ...

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Even from the quality of the trailer you know this films is going to be fantastic. The opening sequence shows Alan Cummings new addition to the team teleporting himself through the whitehouse in an attempt to assasinate the president. Meanwhile Wolverine is still having difficulties with where he came from and knowledge of his background. This introduces a stunning but complex storyline about the creation of him by a deranged human who is now hellbent ...
...character is as strong with their own individual characteristics and strengths, each used to benefit the rest of the group. All the faces from the 1st film are present and correct, and fully developed now as the actors have become completely at ease with their roles. Bryan Singer does a great job of directing the action, and whereas in the first film he didn't seem quite as comfortable with some of the genre, this time he blasts the action and uses ...

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I thought the original X-Men was a ground-breaking movie. How..? well, to me it was the first decent stab by hollywood at getting a true comic classic right. The characters were all there (within reason), and none of them had been fiddled with or edited for political correctness or whatever loonacy that often plagues such endeavours. X-Men 2 therefore was eagerly awaited. The excellent website only served to heighten my anticipation, and when I ...
...film were there - the X-MEN - a group of mutant superheroes in an alternate world - one where humanity finds itself having to co-exist with these so called mutants, an offshoot of evolution, which creates people with incredible powers, and they are all over the planet. The X-Men are led by Professor X ( Patrick Stewart ), an incredibly powerful mutant who believes in peaceful co-existance with normal people. They are opposed by various other mutants ...

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...(Storm) The Plot: X-Men 2 follows on from the first film, it helps if you have seen it first, but not necessary. I never like giving too much away about storylines as I feel it spoils for anyone who has the pleasure in viewing the film later, but here goes. It starts off with an attack against the president of the USA by a mutant, the next step in the evolution of human kind. This attack helps fuel the growing tension between normal humans and mutants. ...
...“Cyclops” and newcomer to the X-Men “Wolverine”. Then you have the coming of age love story between “Rogue” and “Iceman”, the battle of good and evil between “Professor X” and “Magneto” (The amazing Ian McKellan) and between “Wolverine” and “Stryker”, who helps fill in some of the missing past the “Wolverine” has been searching for. Ok, what ...

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