A fantastic Marvel Classic!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2000)

When i first heard of X-Mens release, i thought i maybe wasting my time like i have countless occasions with Many batman films and of course the awful Phantom.....
But being persuaded by the many good reviews and the amount of publicity it was getting, i thought "why not!". And to my shock, i was very impressed!!!
It follows the lives of two mutants, Wolverine (who can produce retracktable blades from his hands) and young teenage runaway Rogue (her touch is a fatal one!!!). It shows these two characters join an elite group of X-Men spearheaded by Charles Francis Xavier (Patrick Stewart), who helps mutants control there powers and use it to protect humans from Xaviers old friend Magneto (Ian Mckellen), who wishes to rid New York of the cruel human inhabitants who choose to not accept mutants into there environment. Telling you anymore would make it pointless in watching the film and ruin the magic that this marvel classic will bring.
The acting is fantastic, especially by Hugh Jackman who was only called up after Dougray Scott pulled out due to filming with MI:2. Famke Janssen, Patrick stewart, Ian mckellen, Ray parks and Anne paquin also deliver the goods to the big screen.
Im also glad to see that the backgrounds to each character havnt been altered for the pleasures of hollywood, like Judge Dread was!!. This is by far Marvels finest conversion to the big screen, this could have the same effect that star wars had and still has now.............TO BE CONTINUED!!!
10/10