X2

Name: X2
Genre: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Released: 2003-04-27
Duration: 133 min

The time has come for those who are different to stand united.

20032h 13mcritics 7.0/10

AdventureActionScience Fiction

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden

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Read from 54 comments (49 from Metacritic, 5 from TMDB reviews) — 12 of them described how it moves.

➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.

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Metacritic50 read

“As the military narrative began creeping in, the pacing inevitably turned dull and tedious. I barely managed to stay awake through the sluggish stretches, holding back the urge to fall asleep.”
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“I found this part rather boring”
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“it didn't have much to go for story-wise”
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“the pacing is similarily great”
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TMDB5 read

“The opening scene blew my mind when I first saw it and really showcased the power a single mutant could possess.”
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“X2: X-Men United is an improvement over its predecessor in just about every way. Better story, better effects, better action, and more interesting mutants. It's the best of the original X-Men films and a high point for early 2000s comic book moviemaking. Worth watching for the Wolverine vs Lady Deathstrike fight alone.”
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“Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend. Again, horrible "comic book movie", good stand alone movie. Wolverine was the most interesting thing about the last movie, and this is a surprising instance of a studio realizing audience feedback and basically just made the first Wolverine origin movie, because that's what this is. Comic continuity aside, and Wolverine aside, the war of the Brotherhood of Mutants is fairly compelling angle to take, and it is refreshing they did it from ”
Kamurairead it ↗
“Strong sequel. I didn't quite enjoy <em>'X2'</em> as much as <em>'X-Men'</em>, though not by much in truth. This follow-up film is still something I'd class as entertaining. Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) again impresses, though those behind him are - though all good - a little meh in my opinion; especially newcomer Brian Cox (Stryker), who underwhelmed me. All in all, it's a film that is totally worth watching and is a sequel that is worth its salt. /copied directly from my Letterboxd review”

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