X-Men Lite

Rating: 6/10 (11 January 2001)

I realized about 10 minutes into this movie that I, at the tender age of 27, was NOT the target audience for this movie. This movie is for people who have played the X-men video game, heard about X-men through conversation, or was under 15. If this describes you then I suggest this movie. It is cute, endearing and sometimes eventful. For people who have read the comics and have seen the evolution of the X-men I doubt you will enjoy this. Where is the nearly psychotic Wolverine? In this movie we get a strangely compassionate, watered down, milk toast version. Like everyone else in this movie. The movie wanted to sell merchandising, appeal to fast food restaurants and teenagers. It never wanted to explore the darker side of the comic. The part that makes it distinctively X-men. I want to see an R-rated X-men movie. Unfortunately, the popularity of this cheesy version will prevent that from ever happening.