X-Men is X-cellent!

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2003)

Stan Lee's adaptation of the famous comic book series has come to life in bigger ways than ever imagine. Throughout the years, the X-Men, like any of the Marvel comics have touched people in a way that we recognized: Discrimination. As mutants, they are discriminated for who they are without people giving them a chance to live in society.
The film starts in Poland of 1942, the beginning of the holocaust where as many of the Jews are being sentenced to live in concentration camps to die, a young boy by the name of Eric discovers that he can control metallic objects with his own hands as he tries to reunite with his parents but after years of being torture and escaping the holocaust, he grows up to be Magneto (an older Eric played by Ian McKellan) who wants to tell his old friend and rival Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) that he wants to destroy mankind after what humanity has down to him and those of generations.
Later on through the film fans are introduced through the following characters: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman); Storm (Halle Berry); Cyclops (James Marsden); Jean Gray (Famke Janssen); Rogue (Anna Paquin); Sabertooth (Tyler Mane); Mystique (Rebecca Rojimn Stamos); and Todd (Ray Park).
The film itself plays true to the comic book where mutants are fighting to survive in a world of prejudice and anger. Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) is the head of Westchester Academy, a school for the gifted and talented, but a school for the young who have special mutant powers; from a girl who can walk through walls, a boy who can manipulate with fire, and another student who can turn objects into ice. His former students (Storm, Cyclops and Jean Gray) assist Professor Xavier in teaching those kids who can't afford to be taught by normal people. Professor Xavier also takes in a new student, Rogue (Paquin) who was abandoned and taken in by Wolverine (newcomer Hugh Jackman) who was attacked by one of Magneto's own mutant named Sabertooth (Mane). Yet, Xavier makes a promise to Wolverine that he will do whatever it can to find out what Magneto wants with him.
Magneto (McKellan) has his own team called "The Brotherhood" consisting of evil mutants (Mystique, Toad and Sabertooth) where he wants to kill all those who treated humanity evil, especially Sen. Kelly (Bruce Davidson) who wants to run the registration on mutants where they would be targeted down to death.
The film itself is incredible, the cast is hot, and I was glad to see that somebody brought the idea of X-Men to live and with all of the actors being true to the characters.