Great movie, but requires background

Rating: Null/10 (9 May 2003)

I was afraid it would be as bad as the first. It wasn't. Not by a long shot. It follows everyone well (assuming Rogue encounters Ms. Marvel soon and changes from it), save maybe Wolverine and Cyclops.
Logan probably would have sat there and taken the cop's bullet. However, he should have been able to gut Kelly Hu almost as easily as the soldiers in the Mansion.
Scott Summers is always uptight, and in this movie, it's hard to tell whether that's being used or wether it's just bad acting/directing.
Nightcrawler was under-used but portrayed very well. Something more should have happened from the failed assassination attempt, and he should be able to, in normal circumstances, fight as good or better than most of the X-men (save Logan and McCoy). I would have preferred the good old greasy gray smoke with his teleport, but at least it was a good effect, not under- or over-done.
Aside from Wolverine needing to kick a bit more ass, the only downside is that there is no way anyone without a sufficient background would understand much of it...as evidenced by some of the comments here. Oh, and the prelude to ******x, but that's just personal taste.