The middle part of a Trilogy

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2007)

'X2' did not make a very strong impression on me, but like the middle parts of many movie trilogies (Star Wars I-III & IV-VI, Godfather) its significance only becomes apparent once you've seen all three films. In this sense X2 falls perhaps slightly short of its immediate predecessor and successor but is still an impressive movie.
Everything is done professionally from the production side and the characters and their personal stories do colour the main plot nicely. In all it, however, doesn't feel as definitive a movie as it's predecessor and many of the events herein are only really setting up the third film.
None the less, the film is impressive with its depictions of the characters and all around opening the X-Men Universe further to the cinema-screen. It's not as exciting as the other movies but a fair effort none the less.