A Decent Sequel to the Original X-Men Movie

Rating: 6/10 (17 January 2014)

When the President of the United States is attacked by a mutant who goes by the name of the "Nightcrawler" (Alan Cumming) the decision is made to turn the matter over to a man named "William Stryker" (Brian Cox) who assures the president that his intentions are honorable. Not long afterward however, Stryker uses his new-found authority to torture "Magneto" (Ian McKellan), who is still imprisoned in his plastic prison cell, in order to gather enough information to launch an attack upon the school founded by "Professor Charles Xavier" (Patrick Stewart). Now, rather than disclose Stryker's ultimate agenda and risk spoiling the film for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a decent sequel to the original "X-Men" movie. I liked the acting of Alan Cumming and I certainly didn't mind the presence of Halle Berry (as "Storm"), Famke Janssen ("Jean Grey") or Kelly Hu ("Lady Deathstrike"). However, I didn't care for the ending or the fact that there were probably too many characters and not enough film to cover them all. On the whole then I rate this movie as slightly above average.