Prepare for a Hu-rricane

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2003)

I have just come back from the theater and OH MY GOD! I was so excited at the beginning of the movie, when the music started off, I had my hands shaking with emotion! Anyway this is a MUST SEE movie. Run and see it if you haven't yet.
So here is the point. Everything in the movie is great: costumes, sceneries, landscapes, production designs, cast direction AND, of course, screen-writing. I had enjoyed the first x-men film, but in comparison it looks awfully pale. Prepare for a sharp, clever, keen, brilliant script -with all the ideological prospects about racism, homosexuality, difference in general- along with a SORTED piece of entertainment. You get 2 hours of a movie which brings about both thoughts and enjoyment due to some outstanding performances from every member of the crew.
But let's talk about something even more remarkable. The cast. All the actors were perfect in the first one -and they still are-, but in X-men 2 they are joined by breath-taking artists: Alan Cumming, Aaron Stanford, Brian Cox (oh god Brian Cox what a GENIUS!), Shawn Ashmore, Kea Wong, Daniel Cudmore...
I'll close out with, in my opinion, the BEST, MOST ROCKING part of the show. Her name is Kelly Hu. Yes she is from martial law, the scorpion king and so on. But however short her lines might be, she delivers a sweeping performance as Lady Deathstrike, a fascinating, deadly, ice-cold and slightly cruel traitor which keeps challenging Wolverine and all the mutants on earth to serve Stryker's cause.
So take a breath and prepare for the Hu-rricane.