X2: X-Men United
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Universal acclaim- based on 258 Ratings

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  • Summary: Mutants continue to struggle against a society that fears and distrusts them. Their cause becomes even more desperate following an incredible attack by an as yet undetermined assailant possessing extraordinary abilities. With the fates of mankind - and mutantkind - in their hands, the X-Men Face their most dangerous mission ever. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    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.
  2. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    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.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    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.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    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.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    70
    Mr. Singer and his collaborators grasp that comic books, for all their obligatory fights and explosions, are at bottom about their brave, troubled, impossibly muscled characters.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    63
    A substantial improvement over "X-Men," in many ways, especially in visual and specialeffects departments.
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    25
    The movie is overplotted, a soulless maze of special effects and relentless action.

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  1. Positive: 94 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 105
  3. Negative: 3 out of 105
  1. Dwight600
    Feb 21, 2014
    10
    X MEN 2 is ONE of the BEST SUPERHERO MOVIES PERIOD
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    … Expand
  2. Pollux50000
    Feb 21, 2014
    10
    X MEN 2 is a SPECTACULAR SUPERHERO MOVIE & ONE OF THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES
    EVER     !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  3. MatthewL.
    Mar 14, 2004
    10
    Excellent, better than the first film...
  4. lususgreene
    May 16, 2011
    9
    The first movie is good, but this is the best of the three. Good story, good acting and some neat special affects set this movie apart. The cast was really able to shine now that all the characters were introduced and the movie could focus on stroy. One of my top 5 comic movies without question.… Expand
  5. marcmyworks
    Nov 13, 2013
    8
    The strongest X-Men film in the franchise history. Not only did this film redefine the superhero genre, it left the audience wanting more and more (and more)!… Expand
  6. MovieLonely94
    Nov 7, 2010
    8
    like the first movie, its also great
  7. JerkGuy
    Oct 1, 2007
    2
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