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Wednesday 4 July 2012

X-Men 2 (2003)

Bryan Singer's last sitting in the X-Men director's chair follows on from, and expands upon, what he started in the first film. It's more action packed this time, has more characters to accommodate and requires a longer running time to do so. There's some unexpected pairing up of characters, some internal conflicts and some subtle motivations that may go unnoticed with your first viewing. The more I watch it the more I get from it. It's focussed on Wolverine a lot, but Patrick Stewart once more steals the show. Did Mystique just flip...!

3½ Bamfs and Snickts out of 5

2 comments:

Impudent Urinal said...

If I were Wolvy, I would have taken Mystique up on her "offer".

4 Brian Cox always plays an asshole out of 5.

Dr Faustus said...

Mystique is one of the best comic movie villians ever.