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X2 - X-Men United (Widescreen Edition) Customer Reviews (55 - 57 of 60 Reviews)

Light years beyond the first film
Consider the first X-Men film a plot progressing set up, because from the first opening scene in X2 your thrown head first into one of, if not the, best comic to film adaptions of all time, and one of the few times a sequel out do's the original. Almost all of the first film's entire ensemble cast returns: Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Hugh Jackman (ever perfect as Wolverine), Ian McKellan (Magneto), Halle Berry (Storm), Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), James Marsden (Cyclops), Anna Paquin (Rogue), and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Mystique) are all back. Also, the film goes more in depth with Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) and Pyro (Aaron Stanford) and introduces us to beloved characters Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming who turns out to be nearly perfect in the role) and Colossus (Daniel Cudmore). The storyline finds the X-Men months after the events in the first film, under siege by General Stryker (Brian Cox) who has his own agenda for mutant kind. Eventually the X-Men must team up with Magneto to stop him, and this is where the film shines. Director Brian Singer was critiqued quite a bit when it was said that the first film wasn't action packed enough; well, he made up for it here as X2 is action packed from beginning to end and the film pushes the limits of it's PG-13 rating. The performances are great, and while Jackman is his usually terrific self as Wolverine, he isn't the focus this time around and we get to see Berry more developed as Storm, Romijn-Stamos gets more screen time as well, and Janssen is better now as Jean Grey than anyone could have ever thought before. The special effects are nothing short of incredible; from Wolvie popping his claws to Deathstrike (Kelly Hu) popping hers, to Colossus' body turning to steel to Pyro's fire spewing shootout with the cops you will be in awe of the special effects wizardry. The only complaint here is that with the exception up towards the end of the film is once again Cyclops is a criminally underused character. Marsden is a good actor and Cyclops is a very interesting character and it is a shame he has gone so underused. All in all, X2 is much better than I could have ever hoped it to be, and this is undoubtadly one of the finest comic to film adaptions of all time.

Even better the third time!
Surpassing it's rival, the over-hyped MATRIX RELOADED in terms of action, story, spectacle and SFX, X-MEN 2 is one of the (Very) rare sequels that actually manages to turn out better than the original. Pitting the good and bad X-Men against a military scientist William Stryker (Brian Cox), the story is more involved than X-1 and has better action and some good humour thrown in for good measure. And fans are kept happy with some great mutants from the comics. Building on his fantastic persona, Hugh Jackman does a terrific job as Wolverine, who finds out more about his mysterious past. And he kicks some serious butt in this movie. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen as Professor X and Magneto are great, and new mutants Pyro, Iceman, Nightcrawler and Lady Deathstrike. My favourite character, Magneto is even better and Mystique provides both eye-candy and action-woman role. John Ottman's comic book-esche score gives the films a whole new layer of mystery and excitement, and Brian Singer's steady hand makes this one that is not to be missed on the big screen. Building on itself to the amazing finale, the only problem with X2 is that once it's over, you want to see it again. An incredible action event and one of the best movies of the year so far. 5-Star entertainment.

Wow
This was 100 times better than the original! The visual effects were so enjoyable, and the acting was greatly improved. I wasn't really looking foward to this film, but now that I have seen it I can't wait for another. Great buy.

Great extras as well!

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