Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh
Jackman, and Halle Berry
The measure of a
good film is whether I need a drink to finish it. When I watch X2, no
real drinks are needed. William
Striker (Brian Cox) is waging war against the mutant community. Striker
forcefully extracts information from an incarcerated Magneto (Ian McKellen) to
learn more about Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his school for mutants.
Striker invades the professor's mansion and steals key parts of the
professor's machine Cerebro. With it, Striker intends to eradicate the mutant
race. Mutants, regardless of their allegiances, must stand united in
order to survive. Also, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) tries to discover
more of his own history as he realizes that William Striker has played a
pivotal role in his life. X2 follows the formula for any good
blockbuster--plenty of action, big laughs, and a great plot. The measure
of a great film is whether the movie gets a round of applause from the
audiences in theaters when the credits start rolling. X2 is a great film that's definitely
worth seeing. You’ll be hooked to the
movie from the start of the opening scene in the White House with Nightcrawler
(Alan Cumming).
