Slick and entertaining...

Rating: 7/10 (4 July 2003)

X-Men 2: 7.5/10
X2 was the sequel to the original live action X-Men movie. I'd only seen the cartoon once or twice, and never saw the original movie, so I wasn't sure whether I'd be lost plot/character-wise watching this. Thankfully, I wasn't, as they sort of re-introduced the characters, displaying their skills and traits. This was a really good super hero flick, probably the best of the year unless Hulk (which is released tomorrow here) or LXG are better. One of my favourite actors, Ian McKellen, was in this, and was typically great as Magneto. Hugh Jackman also starred as Wolverine. The movie was well developed, and the first five minutes so good that nothing else in the movie could compare to it. Finish was so/so, but seemed to set up a sequel.