X-Men (2000)

Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

Director:

Bryan Singer

Writers:

Tom DeSanto (story), Bryan Singer (story)

Stars:

Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen

13 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh Jackman	...	Logan / Wolverine
Patrick Stewart	...	Professor Charles Xavier
Ian McKellen	...	Eric Lensherr / Magneto
Famke Janssen	...	Jean Grey
James Marsden	...	Scott Summers / Cyclops
Halle Berry	...	Ororo Munroe / Storm
Anna Paquin	...	Rogue
Tyler Mane	...	Sabretooth
Ray Park	...	Toad
Rebecca Romijn	...	Mystique (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)
Bruce Davison	...	Senator Kelly
Matthew Sharp	...	Henry Gyrich
Brett Morris	...	Young Magneto
Rhona Shekter	...	Magneto's Mother
Kenneth McGregor	...	Magneto's Father

Storyline

In a world where both Mutants and Humans fear each other, Marie, better known as Rogue, runs away from home and hitches a ride with another mutant, known as Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. Charles Xavier, who owns a school for young mutants, sends Storm and Cyclops to bring them back before it is too late. Magneto, who believes a war is approaching, has an evil plan in mind, and needs young Rogue to help him.

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Plot Keywords:

mutant | professor | superhero | superhero team | first part | 

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Taglines:

Protecting Those Who Fear Them.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

X-Men 1.5

Filming Locations:

Showline Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$54,471,475, 16 July 2000, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$157,299,717

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$296,339,527

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Marvel Enterprises, Donners' Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital EX SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The love triangle between Jean, Wolverine, and Cyclops went through lots of changes during filming. Famke Janssen didn't know which relationship would be stronger, until she saw the movie.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 6 mins) When Mystique is driving the boat to the Statue of Liberty, the captain's head is below the window in long shots, but in a different place in close-ups.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: [narration] Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward.

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Crazy Credits

The X-Films' title sequences features a weapon used by the villain of each film, backed by the X-Men's Cerebro device. In this film it is Magneto's mutation machine.

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Connections

Version of Uncanny X-Men (2012)

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Soundtracks

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User Reviews

X-cellent!

A tale of super-evolved mutants in a struggle against human oppressors, X-Men is an instant sci-fi classic, combining impressive special effects with an involving plot to create a truly memorable cinematic experience.

Lacking the tongue-in-cheek camp of the later Batman films and other recent comic books-turned movies, X-Men draws the audience into its world of mutants and superpowers, and prevents it from becoming tacky or absurd. Not to say that there isn't any humour in the film, in fact it delivers some of the best one liners in a film this year.

It is a rare thing for an action blockbuster to feature great acting, but with a cast that among others involves both Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen is bound to be above average. Both Stewart (as Professor Charles Xavier) and McKellen (as Magneto)deliver stellar performances, and their onscreen chemistry is compelling as they play two old friends turned arch enemies.

The rest of the cast deliver solid performances, including Hollywood newcomer Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Oscar-winner Anna Paquin as Rogue, and another rising star Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as the seductive but deadly Mystique.

A classic tale of good versus evil, with heroes, baddies, and great special effects, I don't think it's going too far to say that X-Men is destined to be mentioned in the same breath as Star Wars and other all-time sci-fi greats.