X-crementitious

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2000)

Well, not really, but a disappointment nevertheless. The film's dialog was absolutely pitiful ("You know what happens when lightning strikes a toad...? Same as anything else!") and the undignified promotion of it's own sequel during the last 10 minutes was embarrassing. Great cast, but Stewart and McKellan were criminally misused. Janssen was pretty good, as per usual, Berry sucked, Paquin was excellent. The ending was silly and pretty unexciting. When Magneto put that hulking dumba** solely in charge of keeping him safe from the X-Men, I felt as if the last vestiges of excitement had evaporated.
So, in summary, style without substance (a la Mummy) and a shameless sequel plug (a la Back to the Future II) annoyed me, but damn it I like SciFi even when it's irritating. 6 ex 10.