Stars: Halle Berry, James Marsden, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Ian McKellen

Director: Bryan Singer

Summary: A box set featuring 'X-Men 1.5' and 'X-Men 2' The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc...

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X-Men 2 picks up almost directly where X-Men left off: misguided super-villain Magneto (Ian McKellan) is still a prisoner of the US government, heroic bad-boy Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is up in Canada investigating his mysterious origin, and the events at Liberty Island (which occurred at the conclusion of X-Men) have prompted a rethink in official policy towards mutants--the proposed Mutant Registration Act has been shelved by US Congress. Into this scenario pops wealthy former Army commander William Stryker, a man with the President's ear and a personal vendetta against all mutant-kind in general, and the X-Men's leader Professor X (Patrick Stewart) in particular. Once he sets his plans into motion, the X-Men must team-up with their former enemies Magneto and Mystique (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos), as well as some new allies (including Alan Cumming's gregarious, blue-skinned German mutant, Nightcrawler).

The phenomenal global success of X-Men meant that director Bryan Singer had even more money to spend on its sequel, and it shows. Not only is the script better (there's significantly less cheesy dialogue than the original), but the action and effects are also even more stupendous--from Nightcrawler's teleportation sequence through the White House to a thrilling aerial dogfight featuring mutants-vs-missiles to a military assault on the X-Men's school/headquarters to the final showdown at Stryker's sub-Arctic headquarters. Yet at no point do the effects overtake the film or the characters. Moreso than the original, this is an ensemble piece, allowing each character in its even-bigger cast at least one moment in the spotlight (in fact, the cast credits don't even run until the end of the film). And that, perhaps, is part of its problem (though it's a slight one)--with so much going on, and nary a recap of what's come before, it's a film that could prove baffling to anyone who missed the first installment. But that's just a minor quibble--X-Men 2 is that rare thing, a sequel that's actually superior to its predecessor. --Robert Burrow

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary For X Men 2, Audio Commentaries For X Men 2, 6 Extended Scenes With Optional Commentary From X Men, 17 Behind The Scenes Segments From X Men, 11 Deleted Scenes From X Men 2, 8 Static Image Galleries From X Men 2, 6 Featurettes From X Men 2, 6 Mi
Year:	2000
Release Date:	November 10, 2003
Runtime:	228 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	25566 D V D
Keywords:	Men, Box, General, Four, Edition, Fiction, Set, Science, X, Horror, Discs, Sci, Fi, Collector's
Genre:	Science Fiction