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o-ster

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A couple parts were a bit slow, but the rest of it is action fun! Better than the first! I recomend it!

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Posted aug 31, 2009 5:44 am pt

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very enjoyable sequel

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Posted aug 17, 2009 2:28 am pt

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The Second one is a little better.This film has way better special effects than the first one.This one has a better story and better action than the first.Its more cooler and it has you right on the edge of your seat.

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Posted jul 8, 2009 2:43 am pt

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The second film of the series improves upon the first. The whole cast from the first film reprise their roles with another very exciting story line. Alan Cumming is added as Nightcrawler and he did an amazing job. This movie gives some...
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The second film of the series improves upon the first. The whole cast from the first film reprise their roles with another very exciting story line. Alan Cumming is added as Nightcrawler and he did an amazing job. This movie gives some background into Wolverine's past and sets it up for the upcoming Wolverine movie. A can't miss movie!

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Posted aug 6, 2008 10:45 pm pt

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Even though, I gave it the same amount of stars as I gave the first X-men, I still like this one better. It's more actiony and has better special effects. Just a little more enjoyable than the previous movie.

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Posted jul 14, 2008 11:16 am pt

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A fantastic movie with a great story. This Movie was very good and the story of the 2nd Movie was very interesting.

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Posted may 23, 2008 10:07 pm pt

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Great 2nd installment in another growing epic of a comic book series. Action was great and the twists were surprising. Great Movie!

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Posted mar 30, 2008 4:34 pm pt

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Better than the first one. Nightcrawler is introduced (as well as some cameos by other familiar faces) and the back story of Logan (Wolverine) is covered. Ever since this movie came out I have been waiting for a standalone Wolverine movie....
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Better than the first one. Nightcrawler is introduced (as well as some cameos by other familiar faces) and the back story of Logan (Wolverine) is covered. Ever since this movie came out I have been waiting for a standalone Wolverine movie. 'Nuff said.

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Posted jan 30, 2008 3:00 am pt

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i got the game and the movie and both are great.

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Posted dec 11, 2007 4:06 am pt

Lynxan1

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Taking place right after the first film, this one picks up alot better then the first for the same reason Spiderman 2 could do the same, far less intros, thus more time to the story.

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Posted sep 2, 2007 4:00 am pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
  90
  The fantastic and at times deliciously nihilistic world of X2 is fully, believably three-dimensional.

  by Michael O'Sullivan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  90
  A diverting mix of insight and spectacle, human and superhuman. This machine is built for kids, but rarely do words like "noble," "Hollywood" and "rawkin'" all apply to one movie.

  by Gregory Weinkauf | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  An altogether more viscerally engaging film, from its relentless pacing and slam-bang effects work to the fine, appropriately heroic score by John Ottman. That the movie has an obvious gay subtext neither adds nor detracts from the film’s smashing popcorn appeal.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  88
  A follow-up with as much artistic integrity, complexity, humor and well-designed action as the original.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
  88
  One of the things that makes this movie such a great rush is that while you’re watching it, it seems a good deal more subversive than it really is.

  by Glenn Kenny | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  88
  Captures the feel of a first-rate comic book. It puts the pop back into Pop Art: It blows viewers away with a blast of kinetic energy.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  83
  It also boosts the punch of the movie that so many of its action scenes evoke the Iraqi War news footage of the past month, and the "X-Men" premise -- people persecuted because their difference makes them seem threatening -- carries even more relevancy and weight than it did three years ago.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  83
  X2 sparkles with a lightness of spirit that was missing from ''X-Men.''

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  80
  Sit down, Shut Up and Hang On, because Marvel's indifferent crew of uncanny power are back, and they're bigger, badder and super-charged. Let the fun begin. Again.

  by Clint Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  80
  About twice as good as the original...bigger and more ambitious in every respect, from its action and visceral qualities to its themes.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  80
  My chief complaint is that these mutants are a little--well, vanilla. I wish the X-Men had a touch of kinkiness to go with their weird abilities.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  Brisk and involving with a streamlined forward propulsion, it's the kind of superhero movie we want if we have to have superhero movies at all.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  80
  Funny, reasonably crazy, and unpretentiously faithful to its source.

  by J. Hoberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  80
  Directed with depth, efficiency, and wit by Bryan Singer, the film suffered only from a tendency to seem like a setup for an even bigger movie...Fortunately, bigger usually equals better here, and when it doesn't, it equals just as good.

  by Keith Phipps | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  As it is, most of X2's action is restricted to the Northeast Corridor, with a climactic face-off in the western Rockies, where, in typical blockbuster fashion, everything goes kablooey and ka-bam.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »