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Stryker (Brian Cox), a villianous former Army commander, holds the key to Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) past and the future of the X-Men. This threat re-ignites the call for a mutant registration act. Stryker starts a full-out assault on Professor Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) mansion and school. After escaping his plastic cell, Magneto (Ian McKellen) proposes a partnership with Xavier and the X-Men to combat this new formidable enemy they both have in common.

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Tightly scripted, solidly acted, and impressively ambitious, X2: X-Men United is bigger and better than its predecessor -- and a benchmark for comic sequels in general.

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X2 | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Alonso Duralde The Advocate X2 is pretty much all that you’d ever want out of a comic book movie -- it’s smart, it’s breathlessly paced, the characters have at least 2 1/2 dimensions, and the action sequences are jaw-droppers, even on the small screen. Apr 5, 2022 Full Review X2 | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Alexander Walker London Evening Standard The truth is, the film is never again as good as its brilliant opening sequence. Jan 10, 2018 Full Review X2 | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Barbara Ellen Times (UK) X-Men 2 remains a decent enough sci-fi effort, which delivers on most of the levels fans could expect. Too bad it's hampered by a plot that wouldn't get green-lit for an average episode of Buffy. Jan 3, 2018 Full Review X2 | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) The greatest X-Men film we’ve ever gotten remains X2, an absolutely spectacular reminder of how well these characters translate to film when they’re given the right vehicle. Jul 22, 2024 Full Review X2 | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand At 135 minutes it never feels long, thanks to a driving pace, rapid crosscutting between parallel stories, and spectacular action scenes that never forget about the characters at the center. May 4, 2024 Full Review X2 | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Inspiring hope for equality and further suggesting that governments are at the mercy of the populace, the franchise actionizes these themes to gratify both the mind and senses as few comic book movies have ever done to this point. Rated: 3.5/4 Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nick R A worthy sequel to the original. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Trent K A great sequel that improves upon the original. X2 is better than over half of the modern day MCU movies. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Hailee B Another awesome X-men movie, I love the time freeze scenes so much and that ending with Mr. Presdient I would be shitting my pants if I was him lol. Whoever came up with Kurt's character awesome job he is still one of my favs just his skin and his power are cool as hell. I hate William Striker so much ugh he pisses me off every time he came on screen. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review Spencer S The opening White House attack scene gives this movie a shot in the arm of adrenaline that never really wears off until the extended finale. Maybe a tad too long, but man is this a great fucking superhero flick. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Thomas K Un ottimo sequel con il suo prologo da vera molecola strutturata. La trama si complica un po’ con l’arrivo di Stryker ma riesce a rappresentare al meglio il suo stile, la sua strategia e la sua forza. Ha un’ atmosfera rivoluzionata al meglio, il tono bilanciato dove questi villani hanno il loro proprio scopo per obiettivi diversi, Stryker lo considero ottimo come villain. 9/10 Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review Andy B The rare sequel that matches, maybe even surpasses it's predecessor. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bryan Singer Director Patrick Stewart Professor Charles Xavier Hugh Jackman Logan Ian McKellen Erik Lehnsherr Halle Berry Ororo Munroe Famke Janssen Jean Grey
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Synopsis Stryker (Brian Cox), a villianous former Army commander, holds the key to Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) past and the future of the X-Men. This threat re-ignites the call for a mutant registration act. Stryker starts a full-out assault on Professor Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) mansion and school. After escaping his plastic cell, Magneto (Ian McKellen) proposes a partnership with Xavier and the X-Men to combat this new formidable enemy they both have in common.

Director
Bryan Singer

Producer
Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter

Screenwriter
Dan Harris, Michael Dougherty, David Hayter, Bryan Singer, Zak Penn

Distributor
20th Century Fox

Production Co
Marvel Films

Rating
PG-13 (Sci-Fi Action|Brief Language|Sci-Fi Violence|Some Sexuality)

Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
May 2, 2003, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013

Box Office (Gross USA)
$214.9M

Runtime
2h 14m

Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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