X2: X-Men United (2003)

When anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.

Director:

Bryan Singer

Writers:

Zak Penn (story), David Hayter (story)

Stars:

Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry

6 wins & 41 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Stewart	...	Professor Charles Xavier
Hugh Jackman	...	Logan / Wolverine
Ian McKellen	...	Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto
Halle Berry	...	Ororo Munroe / Storm
Famke Janssen	...	Jean Grey
James Marsden	...	Scott Summers / Cyclops
Anna Paquin	...	Rogue
Rebecca Romijn	...	Raven Darkholme / Mystique / Grace (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)
Brian Cox	...	William Stryker
Alan Cumming	...	Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Bruce Davison	...	Senator Kelly
Aaron Stanford	...	John Allerdyce / Pyro
Shawn Ashmore	...	Bobby Drake / Ice Man
Kelly Hu	...	Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike
Katie Stuart	...	Shadowcat

Storyline

Several months have passed since the X-Men defeated Magneto and imprisoned him in a seemingly impregnable plastic chamber. One day, a mutant by the name of Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and attempts to assassinate the President, setting off a chain reaction of anti-mutant measures by the government. Meanwhile, Logan is trying to discover his past. As scientist named William Stryker discovers Professor X's secret school and Cerebro, Magneto's partner, Mystique, is planning to break her leader out of prison. But when Professor X's school is attacked by Stryker's forces, Logan, Rogue, Iceman, and a few are lucky to escape. Those who remain meet in Boston, where they form an uneasy alliance with Magneto to stop Stryker and rescue Professor X.

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Plot Keywords:

logan character | erik lehnsherr character | professor charles xavier character | rogue character | storm character | 

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Taglines:

First, they were fighting for acceptance. Now, they're battling for survival.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action/violence, some sexuality and brief language

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the final classroom scene, Professor Xavier talks about a book called "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White. Magneto was reading the same book (a retelling of the King Arthur legend) in prison before Stryker's interrogation, and is meant to point at Magneto being a once and future leader of mutants.

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Goofs

When Lady Deathstrike walks into Stryker's secured office after Mystique prints information from his computer, she is surprised, but not alarmed that a janitor (Mystique) is in there taking out the trash, even so the room needs an authorized hand-print scan to enter... something a common janitor would not likely have.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Professor X: [voiceover] Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: Sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute.

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Crazy Credits

When the 20th Century Fox logo fades away, the X in the logo stays for a second longer before it also fades away.

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Alternate Versions

In the American version of the movie, Wolverine asks for "something other than chocolate milk" and receives the reply "There should be some Dr Pepper..." In international versions, the replay is "There should be some soda...". In both versions, the bottle is still a Dr Pepper bottle, only the audio is altered.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Superhero Movie Duels (2013)

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Soundtracks

Sports Jam
Written and Performed by Christopher Tin

User Reviews

Better than the first.

This movie was great--much better than the original film, which was pretty standard as far as summer blockbusters go. X-2 skipped all the awkward and unnecessary attempts at a backstory (and I'm speaking as someone who knew next to nothing about the XMen when I saw the film) and went straight for an intelligent route. The characters were fascinating and the special effects were truly pretty good--and that's saying something, since I'm usually bored out of my mind by that kind of thing.Some of the acting was absolutely wonderful. Rebecca Romijn Stamos, Ian McKellen, Alan Cummings, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and Anna Paquin more than made up for the mediocre attempts of Halle Berry and Famke Janssen.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English German Italian Spanish

Release Date:

2 May 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

X-2

Filming Locations:

17240 26A Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$85,558,731, 4 May 2003

Gross USA:

$214,949,694

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$407,711,549

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Marvel Enterprises, Donners' Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

134 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1