Better than the first

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2006)

And the first was a pretty good film.
They dropped most of the falling flat one-liners... Storm's job is to look hot and control the weather, not give bad Bond-esquire one liners.
It's obvious that the success of Blade as a cult hit prompted Marvel to really take a look at their stable and make good flicks out of them. They aren't always... but they seem to take a particular interest in X-Men and Spiderman, ensuring that they've got solid talent in front of and behind the camera.
Heck, this movie was nearly shelved with all of the re-writes (usually spells disaster)... but it seems that they are taking the craft seriously.
This one is darker in tone and there is an actual body count... plus teen sexual frustration... adult sexual frustration... and really starts to delve further into the racism/ prejudicial overtones of more the populous reaction to Mutants, including family members.
I was a huge fan of the comic books as a kid, and I'm not disappointed by these movies.