A fun movie

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2009)

I never got into the original X-Men movie. It actually bored me. I wasn't able to develop a relationship with any of the characters. There was no connection. All I basically remember is that Patrict Stewart was the good guy taking care of the "good" mutants and Ian McKellan taking care of the "bad" mutants. This movie, on the other hand, had more emotion. Though I never learn how Victor and his brother Jimmy(Liev Schreiber and Hugh Jackman) become mutants, it becomes a side story to the main storyline. This story is actually about the relationship between the two brothers. They become useful to the US Army as mercenaries along with 6 or more others. Victor begins to thrive on the adrenaline while Jimmy begins to abhor it. He quits and begins looking for quiet place to live, which turns out to be logging country in the north west. Of course his solitude is destroyed which leads to a show down with Victor. Although ordered to, Victor refuses to kill him, After all, they are still brothers. It seems to be the only thing Victor refuses to do.