| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | X2: X-Men United (2003) |
| Director | Bryan Singer |
| Screenplay Writer | Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris |
| Based on | Marvel Comics X-Men |
| Lead Actors | Hugh Jackman |
| Cast | Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry |
| Genre | Action, Sci-Fi |
| Release Date | May 2, 2003 |
| Duration | 2h 14m |
| Budget | ~$110 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office | ~$407 million |
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The X-Men comic has always been about differences. Differences between Mutant and regular man are constantly explored, and mirrors how issues in the everyday world are. The X-Men comic has strived to incorporate important everyday issues and racial problems into its comic, and we are now seeing some of that transferred into the film.
We rejoin the cast of the fabulous X-Men on their newest journey in their quest to bring peace between human and mutant kind. The situation has gotten decidedly worse between the two groups, and when a mutant attack is carried out against the President (Cotter Smith) things quickly go absolutely crazy. An initiative is put into place to capture mutants, and foremost on that list are the X-Men at the school of Charles Xavier who have been under surveillance for some time.
Lead by Gen. William Stryker (Brian Cox) the team attacks the mansion and takes all that they can prisoner. This is what the story builds upon as the X-Men who are free try to track down the Presidents attacker, and save their captured friends. At the helm of this film is Director Brian Singer who also was responsible for the first X-Men film.
With a running time running almost two and a half hours he has plenty of time to work his magic, and bring about a story that is compelling as well as action packed. To his credit he delivers on both. This film has plenty of action with battle scenes showing Wolverine going into beserker mode effectively cutting loose on his opponents, and also has the visually pleasing scenes with Nightcrawler teleporting into battle. He also has some success with his induction of the newest mutants to the movie.
Nightcrawlers (Alan Cumming) character is right on the mark. In the comic Nightcrawler is a priest with the outer looks of a demon from hell, and the spirit of a man who is spiritually uplifted. Alan Cummings brings soul to a character that has always had people stare or be in fear of him. We are also introduced to Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) who was in the first film briefly who plays an integral role to this film. He carries his part with excellence, and just the right demeanor. Like in any movie their must be a bad guy, and Gen.
William Stryker has all the makings of a good villain. With a past relationship with both Professor X, and Magneto he has all the reasons he needs to bring these two men down. The best villains however don’t bring about thoughts of Santa when you view them, and I could almost imagine the man wearing the red and white.
In the first film you knew that Magneto would go to any lengths to bring about his ideals, but this time there is not the same time of menace to the lead bad guy. What seems to hold the story down a bit is a love triangle between Wolverine, Scott, and Jean. Why does every movie feel that it has to take on a romance to make it successful? I found myself not caring who she ended up with as long as they made it back to the action.
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