X2: X-Men United

Release date: May 2, 2003

The Pitch:

Professor X and his school of super-powered mutants form a fragile alliance with Magneto against genocidal Colonel William Stryker.

Why You Need It:

From the film's unforgettable, adrenaline-charged opening scene where Nightcrawler leads a one-man assault on the White House to the shocking sacrifice at the end, X2 improves on its predecessor in just about every way. With the money floodgates opened by the success of the first film, we get even more insane power-packed set pieces, more mutant characters, and more of... well, everything. Director Bryan Singer gets the balance between the social allegory and the ultrahuman fisticuffs just right.

Talent:

Bryan Singer (director), Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Kelly Hu.

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