Where were the Canadian token X-people?

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2001)

I am one of the mild fans of this Bryan Singer film; it is amazing and amusing but I have a question for the diehard fans: where are the Canadian folks in this movie that dashes around Northern America? The two Mutants at the top of the Good versus Bad pyramids: Dr. X versus Magneto were portrayed by British Shakespearean veterans who sort of look age 60 + or so. However, if the setting of the storyline is supposed to be distinctly in the "near" future, wouldn't such a hero and villain (Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, respectively) both be 70-75 years old to have survived the 1944 Concentration camps and the immigration past Miss Liberty in 1949 as adolescents in full bloom of their mutant psychic powers? Those two talented actors' pronunciation and diction still isn't quite generic to most people's ears but both veterans have carried major Studio/TV credits so we can understand that casting. However, Australian Anna Paquin and Brit Hugh Jackman as well as the actor portraying Toad are also a bit heavy on the accents in my opinion. The trucker and the Canadian bar patrons in early scenes seemed to me mere "generic" gladiator/WWF crowd versus any representative inclusions of those "north" of the US border. In other USER COMMENTS previous to mine, several are asking about sequels and omission of favorite characters. For me, the germane question isn't about who'll be featured next, why Singer or executive producer Stan Lee chose these particular X-persons (good and evil), or was enough attention to believable special effects equipment/fight scenes paid. I want to know if and when the U.S. Senate bans mutants or herds them into Konzentration-Kamps, will they flock to the Canadian Rockies where Wolverine seems to have been shifted? Rating 8 of 10; violence- mild; offensive language - minimal; disturbing events - moderate for under 12 age group.