Review of X2 (2003) by Denis S — 04 Jun 2018
Such a great sequel to the 2000 original X-Men. Nightcrawler played by Alan Cumming has a fantastic opening sequence and an equally good "recruiting" moment with Storm and Jean Grey. Every X-Men (Rogue, Iceman and Pyro joining the team) has his or her moment and their mutant powers are in different ways important for the story.
Stryker - the bad guy - is used and played very viciously. Magneto becomes the "Loki" of the story. He and Mystique have to join forces with the X-Men to stop Stryker but at the same time they scheme their own diabolical plan.
Once again Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan show what they can do just with their mimics. Strongest players in this game. Sad - very sad - that the third part of this original trilogy was not as good as any of the past and future X-Men movies.
This could've been a nearly perfect trilogy.
This review of X2 (2003) was written by Denis S on 04 Jun 2018.
X2 has generally received very positive reviews.
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