Review of X2 (2003) by John P — 19 May 2014

So I guess the moral of this story is that if you are a super villain and plan on creating a doomsday device which will kill half the population of the world then by all means do it far north of Canada. Not some big metropolis city like New York or in an ancient building created thousands of years ago, but in one of the most boring countries no one really gives a shit about. Unless, of course, you got a group of mutants who are chasing you down then you are shit out of luck. This is day three and I am at the halfway point of X-Men Week so what better way to keep this ball rolling than to review the best movie out of this franchise. After their first success back in 2000, Marvel finally got things rolling by making other superhero movies about their characters. So it was inevitable that another X-Men sequel was in the works, however this time it gets personal. The movie is loosely based off of one the X-Men's greatest stories "God Loves, Man Kills," which pits the X-Men and the Brotherhood into an temporary alliance in order to combat a genocidal human name Colonel William Stryker. So how does it fair from story to film? Let's dig right into and tell you all about it.

Okay so the film does not exactly follow the book in this one per se, like in the book Stryker is a priest while in the film he is in the military, however Brian Cox does an amazing jog portraying this mad man right down his ability to manipulate other mutants in order to do his bidding. It is also nice to have that breath of fresh air again seeing all of my favorite actors coming right back into their respected character roles and not missing a single beat. Everyone in here felt like they played their part so perfectly and not a single person felt they were wasted. The special effects and the fight choreography got so much better than last time from Nightcrawler's teleportation & ass kicking to Jean Grey getting fired up (if you know what I mean). We also get to see Hugh Jackman in a much bigger spotlight this time around from slaughtering those militant goons and learning a bit more about his secret origin makes this all the better. Bryan Singer is the absolute man when it comes to directing a two hour movie and not make it feel dull for one second as this film was scripted so perfectly with everything that was going on in here. Overall, there is not much else to say about this fantastic movie other than a few tiny nit-picks here and there but it does not affect the movie in any way. Not only do I give this a five star rating, but it is in my Top 10 of best comic book movies making this another foundation on great comic sequels.