Mediocre Middle

Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2007)

I enjoyed the first in this trilogy of the X Men comic book movies. However, I was a little let down by this installment. Even though I understood the title itself was X-men United, I didn't think it would be the good guys and the bad guys working together. That, to me, just contradicted the epitome of what a superhero movie should be about. It's good vs. evil, that's what drives a superhero movie. But the superheroes and villains weren't fighting each other. They were instead fighting the bad guy(s) who was trying to get rid of all mutants altogether.
That being said, the acting was still top notch and all the regulars returned for their respective roles. There is a surprise death towards the end which threw a curve ball for the plot which I admire and the special effects were up to the already high standards of the X Men movies. But all in all, it was a good movie that could've been much better. I have yet to see the third, but I'm hoping X3 gets back to what made the first movie so great.