WARNING!!!!! SOME OF WHAT I SAY IN THIS COMMENT EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED, DO NOT READ ON!!!!!

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2003)

With the exception of maybe Batman Returns, X2 is perhaps the best sequel ever made in movies. In this one, the movie really shows both sides of the story as to whether or not mutants should be allowed in society or not.

There is more of a human side to some of the members of the new generation of X-Men. Iceman has a "coming out" talk with his parents who did not know they he was a mutant. Pyro is an outcast who never had a family (based on what I saw in the movie). In the first one there were subtle dialogue where it was hard to be accepted into society. Nightcrawler, in a conversation with Mystique in the movie, asks her: "If you can change yourself to look like everyone else, why don't you?" Mystique responds: "We shouldn't have to." Although this was a minor point of the movie, it did remind me much of how people that are different struggle for acceptance.
Another reason for loving this movie is due to some of the characters being much more closer to the characters in the comics. Some people may have heard that Wolverine really lets loose in this movie and trust me: HE DOES! He becomes more aggressive and releases his fury against the soldiers in a military operation against the school. Also, (in a possibility that there WILL be a third installment) Jean Grey experiences strange happenings throughout the movie. For true fans of the X-Men, they know what this means: PHOENIX IS COMING!