Director: Bryan Singer
Writers: Zak Penn (story), David Hayter (story), 4 more credits »
Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry | See full cast and crew
Storyline
Several months have passed since The X-Men defeated Magneto and imprisoned him in a seemingly impregnable plastic chamber. One day, a mutant by the name of Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and attempts to assassinate the president, setting off a chain reaction of anti-mutant measures by the government. Meanwhile, Logan is trying to discover his past. As scientist named William Stryker discovers Professor X's secret school and Cerebro, Magneto's partner, Mystique, is planning to break her leader out of prison. But when Professor X's school is attacked by Stryker's forces, Logan, Rogue, Iceman and a few are lucky to escape. Those who remain meet in Boston, where they form an uneasy alliance with Magneto to stop Stryker and rescue Professor X.Movie Reviews
This movie was
great--much better than the original film, which was pretty standard as
far as summer blockbusters go. X-2 skipped all the awkward and
unnecessary attempts at a backstory (and I'm speaking as someone who
knew next to nothing about the XMen when I saw the film) and went
straight for an intelligent route. The characters were fascinating and
the special effects were truly pretty good--and that's saying something,
since I'm usually bored out of my mind by that kind of thing.Some of
the acting was absolutely wonderful. Rebecca Romijn Stamos, Ian
McKellen, Alan Cummings, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and Anna Paquin
more than made up for the mediocre attempts of Halle Berry and Famke
Janssen.
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