A terrific sequel as good or better than the first movie!

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 2003)

I found X2 to be tremendously entertaining and a great action packed sequel to the first X-Men movie.
All of the original cast is back as well as many new faces. The effects for "Nightcrawler" were just beautiful and "Magneto's" escape from his prison is quite a dramatic sequence (if a bit violent). "Mystique" gives viewers yet another eyeful and shows off just how complex and effective this character really is. Of course the rest of the mutant clan gets plenty of opportunities to show off their powers in the extreme as well.
The third X-Men movie is sure to be a "must see!"
(SPOILER ALERT!)
There is one thing however, that I found I couldn't quite ignore. I was troubled by a logical quandary near the end of film whereby Dr. Xavier is compelled (by another mutant) to "concentrate on" and kill ALL the mutants. It seems to me that the mutant controlling Dr. Xavier must logically be included among "ALL the mutants" and therefore susceptible to Dr. Xavier's killing concentrations. Since this mutant (Jason) was controlling Dr. Xavier, it seems that Jason's "spell" over the Doctor would be broken as soon as the mutants began to be killed. Yet I suppose I should just ignore such oversights, as X-Men is merely nothing more than a very enjoyable comic book story. :-)