Advantages: Deep and clever plot, good acting and special effects Disadvantages: Drags a little in places
...A Little History
X-Men is a comic book creation from Stan Lee and Jack kirby. Conceived in 1963, the comic book still goes strong to this day, and tells adventures of a group of humans who differ due to genetic evolution and are known as 'mutants'. This is the second feature film of the comic book series.
The Plot
This second installment of the X Men films hits s much deeper note than the first, touching on the effect the mutants and their exposure ... ...by an unknown mutant, the X-Men find themselves joining forces with Magneto and his henchmen in order to save mutants as a whole. The assassination attempt has heightened the fear in the human race, and they are calling for the extinction of the mutant race! It is the joining of enemies for the greater good.
The Cast and Performances
The original cast from 2000's X Men return in their roles for X2. HUgh Jackman performs very well as Wolverine, ...
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Advantages: Good Performances from cast. Good Script. Disadvantages: Drags quite a bit.
X-men 2 (X2)
Director: Bryan Singer
Release Date: 2003
Runtime: 133 mins Approx
=== Plot ===
After the events at the end of the first movie, Magneto is still locked inside his plastic prison, and is deemed secure. However after a a attack on the United States President by an assassin mutant, once again leaves the humans mistrusting the Mutants. General William Stryker, goes to extreme lengths to eradicate all mutants, by breaking into the Proffessor ... ...the rest of the X-men are away searching for the assassin who attacked the President.
After Magneto escapes from his prison, he temporarily teams up with the X-men to stop Stryker from wiping out the entire mutant population.
=== My Opinion. ===
I saw this when it was first released at the cinema, and the beggining part with Nightcrawler trying to reach the president while fighting off his body guards, was at the time a extremely good opener. ...
Leigh36295 01.04.2008
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Advantages: good story line hugh jackman Disadvantages: slow in places
i loved the first x-men and could not wait to see this one but i found it a bit slow in places so overall not as good as the first but it does get better as you watch and ends up being a brilliant film . it stars the wonderful patrick stewart (of star trek next generation fame where he played captain piccard ) in this he is playing xavier the head of a school for mutants that is people with special powers i.e the ability to make lightening strike,to ... ...the power of their minds.
in this one the president give general stryker absolute power to wage a war on the mutants forcing them to team up with magneto their arch enemy from the first xmen to prevent a deadly confrontation.
it also features the quite sexy hugh jackman as wolverine with lovely sideburns and a body with very sharp very hard metel grafted along his bones i have watched it several times now and the special effects are brilliant i ...
jonmandy 13.05.2005
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Advantages: You don't need to watch the first one to enjoy it. Disadvantages: none
You don't need to watch X-Men to enjoy X-2. There are some references to the first movie, but not to the point where you will need to watch it to understand. This movie is the best of its class. The first ten minutes of this movie captivates its audience into wanting to see what happens next. The special effects are outstanding. One specific thing with this movie is that they kept the original actors from the first film. There was only one minor ... ...movie, have their own unique way of relevating, key points of the X-Men history. Without them, the development of the plot would not be as effective.
Overall, I would recommend this film to everyone. People of all ages and backgrouds would enjoy this fictional story. 100% in my books. ...
noldschool 07.03.2006
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X-Men 2picks up almost directly whereX-Menleft off: misguided super-villain Magneto (Ian ... more
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Hatred and distrust brew between human and mutantkind. An unprovoked mutant attack on the ... more
President gives General William Stryker (Brian Cox) his long-awaited opportunity to wage all-out war against the mutants.A war that would leave only one race vict...
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith