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When a failed assassination attempt occurs on the President's (Cotter Smith) life by the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), it's Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his School for Gift... read more read more...ed Youngsters who are targeted for the crime. While Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Storm (Halle Berry) try and locate the assassin, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Xavier (also known as 'Professor X') seek answers from their old foe Magneto (Ian McKellan) in his glass cell...Little do they know they're walking into a trap set by the villainous William Stryker (Brian Cox), a mysterious governmental figure that figures into Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) secretive past, along with information about the X-Men's operation, supplied by Magneto through a mind-controlling agent. Meanwhile Wolverine, just home from a failed mission to regain his memory, is in charge of the students when a crack-commando team led by Stryker infiltrates the school by order of the President. With a mansion full of young, powerful mutants and the ferocious Wolverine in babysitter mode, can he defend the school against the one man who can answer his questions? What roles do the sinister Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) and Lady Deathstrike (Kelly Hu) have in all of this? Why does Stryker want Professor X and his Cerebro machine? With the war between humanity and mutants escalating to extremes, can the rest of the X-Men trust their old foes to help them? Director Bryan Singer returns and raises the stakes in this sequel to the highly lauded 2000 adaptation of Marvel Comics' X-Men. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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PG-13, 2 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Release Date: May 2, 2003

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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2003

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  • aquateen2
    April 6, 2012
    aquateen2
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    X2 is not only the best comic book sequel i've ever seen. But the best comic book movie i've ever seen. In ways similar to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and Ang Lee's Hulk, Bryan Singer's X-Men Unit... read moreed is a film about ideas. It's got a political and social subtext and studies it's characters as an art house movie like it's predecessor but improves it in almost every department with developing the skin of the blockbuster action movie alongside it. It's built on a larger scale with better dialogue, more action sequences and more mind blowing set pieces with more ambition but structures it better than The Dark Knight. It's darker, sexier and more mature than the first X Men. It's my favourite in the series and without any doubt the best super hero film i've ever seen.
  • thmtsang
    March 1, 2012
    thmtsang
    X-men have a new enemy. They use their extraordinary powers to defeat their enemy who experiments on mutants.
  • spielberg00
    August 12, 2011
    spielberg00
    To be completely honest, X2: X-MEN UNITED truly is not that much more superior compared to the first X-MEN film, but it is still great. The problem that holds this one back from perfection is that it holds on to a balance between full-blown, ultra-combustive intensity that is mu... read morech more powerful than we saw in the first movie (and, therefore, never expected to see here); the other side of the scale is the fact that, since the first film was 1 hour and 44 minutes and this one ran overtime by nearly a whole half hour, X2 just runs on much longer than it should. Truthfully, about fifteen minutes of its final product should have been cut out, and then it would have become a much neater production.
  • fb729949618
    July 31, 2011
    fb729949618
    The ball keeps rolling after the first X-Men, with arguably an even better plot.
  • ironclad1609
    June 16, 2011
    ironclad1609
    The sequel to the huge surprise hit X-Men blew a lot of dust off the original film's surface, decided to remain a character-driven drama but allowed itself to have a lot more fun with mutant powers and action. The result is probably still the best superhero film to date. Fantasti... read morec effects, a stellar cast, a smart story that's taking a lot of actual problems and transfers them into the Marvelverse: this is all around enjoyable, exciting, spectacular.
  • fb100002384654145
    June 12, 2011
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    At 133 min., director Bryan Singer delivers a more epic and memorable X-men film. With a darker and more focused script, X2 surpasses the first film in every imaginable way. The story is not as Wolverine-centered as the first film. This time around, every character gets their ... read morefair share of screen time and development. The film has a more interesting plot too which involves the X-men and the Brotherhood of Mutants being forced to team up to combat a greater threat. There are many plot threads that go through this film but they are so flawlessly balanced that the story never feels disjointed or overly-complicated. Everybody in the film gives top notch performances. The action and visuals far exceed the previous film. The action scenes are bigger and more intense. X2 not only manages to be better than the first film, it easily stands on its own as one of the greatest superhero movies ever made.
  • nikhilnn95
    June 11, 2011
    nikhilnn95
    More super heroes. More action. More fun. Better acting, upon re watching still held its initial impression; which is a good thing. I advice watching it. Nice set up for the third movie.
  • DreamExtractor
    June 4, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    I truly loved this superhero action packed movie. Hugh Jackman is great again as Wolverine. I loved the plot and everything, but it kind of drags on for a while there and the ending is a real dissapointment, but still an amzing superhero movie.
  • fb733768972
    June 3, 2011
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    This movie triumphs as a great superhero film! Definately the best of this young franchise. There is absolutely no room for improvement. Just keep the pace the same, and you have a great franchise. Even though it will be hard to keep up to this level of excitement and storytellin... read moreg, I will always love the X-Men films for what they are, because they, after seeing the first two instalments, have definitely learned what makes an amazing superhero action flick. With great acting, loveable characters, a much more enhanced believable plot, and scenes that will have your jaw drop, I find this film to be near-perfect on every level, surpassing the original by a mile. Amazing!
  • fb535316333
    May 20, 2011
    fb535316333
    Overall, great stuff. An improvement on the original both in themes and action. There was also sufficient character development to keep us from drowning in the adrenaline, the only real grind I had was Lady Deathstrike being a characterless villain-drone

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Todd McCarthy
April 15, 2009
Todd McCarthy, Variety

Bigger and more ambitious in every respect, from its action and visceral qualities to its themes. Full Review

John Anderson
May 28, 2003
John Anderson, Newsday

Very smart, if way too long. Full Review

Andrew Sarris
May 23, 2003
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

Suffice to say that I was steadily engrossed and entertained and ultimately moved by a drama that is, in the end, more human than mutant. Full Review

Peter Rainer
May 11, 2003
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

The best new addition to the corp is Alan Cumming's Nightcrawler. His pointy ears, yellow eyes, and blue skin make him the most creepily beautiful presence in the pageant. Full Review

Peter Travers
May 8, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A summer firecracker.

Richard Roeper
May 5, 2003
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

... X2 has everything you'd want in a comic book adaptation ... Full Review

David Edelstein
May 4, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate

Busier, funnier, and more involving. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
May 2, 2003
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Moves with the lightning speed, raw power and athletic grace of, well, a genetically mutated superhero.

Stephen Hunter
May 2, 2003
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

Of the many comic book superhero movies, this is by far the lamest, the loudest, the longest.

Mike Clark
May 2, 2003
Mike Clark, USA Today

The longer the movie goes, the more its 133 minutes prove wearing. Full Review

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    • Storm: Sometimes pity gets you through life.
    • Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler: So can faith.
    • Magneto: Why do you ask questions for which you already know the answers?
    • Madeline Drake: Have you ever tried NOT being a mutant?
    • Dr. Jean Grey: I keep feeling something bad is supposed to happen.
    • Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of the death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
    • Dr. Jean Grey: Girls flirt with the dangerous guy, they don't bring him home, they marry the good guy.
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