priceturner X2 takes everything that we loved about the first film and builds upon it in this fantastic sequel. With a greater sense of a team and great continuing performances from Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Famke Jansen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romajin, and Ian McKellan. As well as newcomer Alan Cumming who gives an extatic performance as Nightcrawler. X2 is a great superhero venture that doesn't fall into its predecessors "date" issue, but doesn't have the weight, fun, or intrigue as some of the later installments.

Pjtaylor-96-138044 'X-men 2 (2003)' is a definite improvement upon the first, making it the rare sequel that surpasses the quality of the original. It's incredibly entertaining because it features visceral action and compelling character depth in equal measure. It's consistently enjoyable, but maintains a layered narrative approach that set its predecessor apart from others in the genre (which was still young at this point). This time, Singer really lets loose with the action sequences and provides some memorable, well-choreographed and genuinely tense scenes far improved from the first. This is perhaps the best film in the series - the main 'X-men' series, that is, as 'Logan (2017)' knocked it out of the park entirely - and ranks among the best in the superhero genre. 8/10

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "X2" or "X-Men 2" is an American (mostly) English-language film from 2003, so this one will have its 15th anniversary next year. It is the second film from the long-running X-Men franchise that culminated in "Logan" this year, my favorite film of the year so far still and that one got me curious to check out some of the older films from this series. Watched the very first not too long ago and I liked that one, even if for other reasons like this one here. This second film is considerably longer than the first, namely it runs for 2 hours 15 minutes and that's quite a lot. The cast includes many actors that also appeared in the very first and also some from Logan still. But back to X2: Anna Paquin is back too of course, even if obviously far from being as much in the center as she is in the first film. It's not really possible to identify a single character or actor as lead here. It is basically an ensemble performance and it would be interesting to see who has the most screen time. Jackman perhaps? I am not sure. The script is also an ensemble piece as it includes no less than five writers one of them being Bryan Singer who also already directed the first film. Sure 135 minutes is very long, but this amount of writers is perhaps still a bit too much. And there were moments when you could talk about too many cooks spoiling the broth. I would say that this applies mostly to the middle part as these 45 minutes were packed with action, but in terms of story-telling it was a bit of a letdown compared to the first 45 minutes, the best part of the movie. The final 45 minutes are somewhere in-between quality-wise.Anyway, it takes quite a while to understand who the main antagonist is. Early on, it seems as if it may be the character portrayed by Alan Cummings ("The Good Wife"), but that perception changes drastically when we see the antagonist is oh so human only. But he is still powerful enough to convince even Ian McKellen's evil mastermind character to join forces with the good guys. Politics are a major component in here, not only because the President of the United States appears pretty quickly, but yeah, it is once again about tolerance, acceptance and witch-hunt when it comes to mutants. And in the end it seems as if there are losses for both sides when one major character loses her life apparently, perhaps also to keep the writers from having to elaborate further on love stories in the X-Men universe and (SPOILER) even if I like Famke Janssen as an actress (sure more than Romijn and Berry) it may have been an okay decision. Then again I see she is back for future films again, so we will see what explanation they will give us for that. So yeah there are pros and cons for this film. It is obviously not on the same level as "Logan", but it is still a fairly decent achievement overall and a convincing sequel. I just wish they could have kept the second effects-packed third a bit shorter as it really would have helped the film's focus overall. Nonetheless what happened in here did actually get me curious about the third film from the franchise. I will make sure to check it out at some point in the coming weeks/months. X2 gets a thumbs-up from me and I recommend checking it out.

jacobjohntaylor1 X men is a great movie. This is better. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It has a lot of action. 7.5 is a good ratting. But this is such a good movie that 7.5 is underrating it. I give it 9. X men the last stand is better. X men origins wolverine is also better. X men first class is better. Wolverine is better. X men day of future past is better. X men apocalypse is also better. But still this a good movie. See it. It is one of the best action movie from 2003. has fare has time goes this is the fourth X men movie. See it. It is a great movie. This is a very cool movie. I give a 9. It is a must see.