Surpasses the original

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2003)

This movie joins great company of The Empire Strikes Back, Attack of the Clones, LOTR: The Two Towers, Toy Story 2 and Superman II as a sequel that surpasses the original. This is a great movie. It advances the characters established in the original and gives them a greater challenge. It also has new characters such as Nightcrawler to advance the plot. The story is terrific and does not simply repeat the plot of the first movie. The actors, especially Hugh Jackman, are in fine form. I look forward to seeing X Men 3.