The Marvel Curse Has Been Lifted

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2000)

Now this is what a comic book movie should be like. Action, adventure, fight scenes, special effects, sweet superheros with awesome superpowers. X-Men has lifted the curse from Marvel Comics. This film was amazing. This is what Star Wars: Episode 1 was looking for in introducing characters to the world but we all know it fell short. Story runs like this, Mutants are outcast to the world and a Senator Robert Kelly(Bruce Davison) has taken it upon himself to be the leader in getting rid of these mutants. Trying to breech the gap between mutants and humans is a professor Charles Xavier(Patrick Stweart) who runs a school for mutants. But his best friend, a mutant named Magneto(Ian McKellen) wants to rid the world of humans and for mutants to rule the world. So it's up to Xavier and his X-Men team to stop them. This is totally a comic book film from the get go. The CGI opening, the special effects, the costumes, the high powered action, it's like the pages were glue to a movie screen. There are great performances too. Huge Jackman is well on his way to Hollywood action star. Thank you John Woo for running the MI:2 taping past when it was suppose to be done. I liked Dougray Scott in that but I don't think that he would have done Wolverine respect like Jackman does. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos is very cool as Mystique. She doesn't say much but has on-screen presence, she looks gorgeous and she can fight. This film lives up to and blows way beyond the hype. Finally we have a film lives up to it's word. This is a comic book fantasy that goes down with Superman, Batman and Blade as one of the best comic book films of all time. X-Men is phat and a great thrill ride.