X-Men 2 - Movie Review 

"Have you ever tried not being a mutant?" As a gay guy this question of Bobby's mother hit really close to home.

I freaking love the scene when Magneto escapes prison.

This and days of future past are my favorites

Wait i didn't know people had a problem with Nightcrawler in that movie?

I can't fucking wait for Logan. I can hardly contain my excitement. PLEASE be good 🤞🏾🤞🏾🙏🏾.

Nightcrawler and original Mystique were the fckin best in this film

Who's ready for logan

Honestly Brian Cox is extremely underrated as Stryker. He has such a despicable aspect to him but you can also understand the reasoning behind his mutant prejudice

I would even argue that X2 balances its cast of characters way better than Avengers

The Nightcrawler opening scene was great.

Maybe I'm in a minority but I loved Nightcrawler in this movie. I enjoyed his innocence and the religious conflict inside him. The opening scene with him was amazing and really showed how powerful he could be in the right circumstance.

Days of Future of Past and X2 are equally my all time favorite X-men movies

what? Nightcrawler is supposed to be the jarjar of this film? Who the heck says that????

Please dont say "we're some kinda X-Men 2"

X2 is my favourite X-Men Movie. So much so that I got Famke Janssen (Jean Grey) and Aaron Sanford (Pyro) to sign my DVD Copy of X2.

People didn't like Nightcrawler in X2!? That's the reason it's my favorite X-Men movie!

My favorite "holy shit" moment was in The Matrix when they go to rescue Morpheus.

X2 is the *best* X-Men movie.

Brian Cox is so underrated in this movie

Chris can you please do a review on Trainspotting and then T2 Trainspotting when it comes out

Tell that to Zod's snapped neck

The review for X-Men 3 should be a cross over with Doug Walker because he likes that film.

Chris PLEEEEAAASEEE do another updated review for X-Men First Class. It's my favorite!

Tbh I loved x men 2

One of the greats of comic book movies. Love It.

I remember watching the Mansion scene over and over. This movie has marked my childhood so much and I owe it my love of comic book adaptations.

I'll call it now: X-men Origins: Wolverine will be a Hilariocity Review.

Still my favourite movie in the franchise.

And after X2, it went way downhill for a while... Ahem... Brett Ratner

X2 and The Avengers are fucking amazing.

The scene where Nightcrawler is talking to Storm is incredibly moving and Alan Cumming really sold it

X-Men 2 and Days of Future Past are my favorite of the X-Men movies

So thats it huh , we some kind of dead joke?

I still haven't seen X-Men Apocalypse. Is it as bad as the critics said? Or is it actually enjoyable for a massive X-Men fan?

My Opinion: 8. X-MEN Origins: Wolverine D 7. X-MEN The Last Stand C+ 6. The Wolverine B+ 5. X-MEN A- 4. X-MEN Apocalypse A- 3. X-MEN First Class A 2. X2: X-MEN United A 1. X-MEN Days of Future Past A+

the storm making tornados from inside the X-Jet and jean showing us the first glimpse of phoenix by stoping the missile still one of my favourite scenes ever

saw this on notifications *begins playing xmen theme song in head*

Legitimate quesiton: pre-Dark Knight, does another superhero movie compete with X-Men 1 and 2?

Here's how I would rank the X-Men movies: (from favorite to least favorite) X-Men: Days of Future Past X2 Deadpool X-Men: First Class X-Men The Wolverine X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men Origins: Wolverine I'm really looking forward to Logan and I'm hoping that it does really well.

Ready for that Logan review!!!!

March 7 and the order will be this: 1. Logan 2. Days of Future Past 3. First Class 4. The Wolverine 5. X 2 6. X-Men 7. Apocalypse 8. Last Stand 9. Origins Wolverine Deadpool is a worthy honorable mention.

I feel like re-watching the 1st 2 X-Men movies. I loved watching those movies, when I was a kid. Both X-Men and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man first 2 movies made me love superhero movies and superheroes in general. :) Thanks Chris Stuckmann for making me re-watch the 1st 2 X-Men movies. :D

So that's it, huh? We're some kind of X-Men 2

you're right Chris, that Wolverine moment you showed at 1:52 was epic. Pumps me up every time. I remember in theaters people gasps and cheered after that. so violent and awesome.

What are we, some kind of Xmen United

Chris Stuckmann is the best film reviewer on RU-vid because he is the most dedicated and versatile. Not only does he take the time to cover all the new releases both wide and limited, he goes above and beyond to revisit older films like this one that relate to upcoming films. Thank you for sharing and expressing your love of movies with us Chris!

Can Doug Walker and Chris agree on ANY major movie?

For some reason I tuned out of your videos a while ago, I think I just went off YT as a whole. But I'm getting back into them. Thanks for being one of the few film reviewers on the internet that still enjoys films.

"You said it yourself, bitch! We're the X2: X-Men United!"

Yes about the X-Men theme! Having listened too all the X-men scores, you can kind of hear a through line. Ottman's theme is developed from Kamen's theme from the first movie. John Powell's theme is a further development, putting it into 6/8 time and stretching it out a bit, but you can still here it. First class completely ditched it - no idea why - and then Ottman brought his version back for DoFP and Apocalypse. Let's hope he's on board for any future instalments if only to keep his great theme!

first dofp and then x2, both are amazing movies.

That white house opening scene with nightcrawler is still one of the best scenes in all of these films.

anyone started to watch tv show Legion? also from Marvel Comics :)

Honestly I really like X2, but like with the first movie, I never thought they were great films. They were really fun and had a lot of character to it, but I thought the development was pretty mixed in terms of success, especially in X2. There are so many characters in this movie, but I don't see all the development people like Chris see. So many characters are barely utilized, and it's frustrating how much more I wanted from some of these characters. Yes, there are still plenty of standout performances, including Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, but I just don't think this movie had the balance that the Avengers, or even Days of Future Past had. In the end, X2 is good, but to me it's not the amazing X-Men movie people claim it to be, that honor goes to Days of Future Past. Honestly, I think that is part of the reason why I don't think X3 was that bad, but I digress.

hell yeah can't wait for the x3 review

3:36 Is this actor the same one that plays "The Eye" in the Legion show currently on FX?

X men 2 was incredible! I saw it yesterday and it really does hold up! It's a shame it doesn't count anymore

I know commenting on an A vs. an A+ is kind of moot, but I consider this to be an A+ movie. All of the characters are handled so well (although Cyclops was a bit underutilized if I had to nitpick,) and everyone gets at least a scene to really stand out. It is certainly an Empire Strikes Back equivalent in terms of raising the stakes and exploring the lore created from the original, expanding on the characters, having a ton of memorable scenes/lines, improvement on the score, and even ending on a cliffhanger. One of the best comic book movies to date and one of the best sequels to date.

X2 is the 3rd best X-Men movie.

Chris can you please review Watchmen?

The X-Men-movies have been never even half as good as "X-Men 2"

2019, and it’s still on my Top 10 comic book movie of all time.

my name is Jeff

Thanks for reviewing this. this is hands down my favorite superhero movie of all time. I like it better then Dark Knight, Winter Soldier, Avengers, and slightly above Days of Future Past. A+ for me. I watch it everytime it comes on

0:50 You've got to be kidding, Chris. These X-Men movies are heavily criticized even by its own fans for constantly sidelining Cyclops. You know, the field leader of the X-Men? All we know about him is that he's Jean's boyfriend, yet she has way more scenes w/ Wolverine.

Hey Chris, I bet you are looking forward to your next 2 x-men reviews :)

i prefer origins to last stand

That scene at the end when there is a figure of a giant pheonix in the water gives me chills to this day, The scene used to scare the living shit out of me when i was a kid because I had no idea what it was

Days of future past is overrated. It's good, but not amazing

deer Chris stuckmann I am a huge fan of your work and it has inspired me to be a filmmaker I love movies I hope I can make good movies for you to review your an inspiration to all filmmakers I wish to meet you one of these days you've got a great personality thanks for being their for all of us

Notification squad where you at?

You had me rolling at 3:22 - Jason stop it! lmaooooo

this movie hasn't age well I mean ewww

The first two Xmen films invented the MCU as we know it, and they're some of my favorites! Love the Iceman root beer scene, its funny, cute, and just...normal. Bobby freaked out by his brutal professor is still great.

It's been years since I've seen it, but I seem to recall, on the audio commentary, one of the crew members (it may have been Bryan Singer) was saying how the scene with Bobby and his parents was written similarly to how a child might come out to their parents. I can definitely see where they were coming from, because that's one of my favorite non-action scenes in the movie.

My thoughts on X2 is very similar to my thoughts on The Road Warrior. Both are sequels that are considerably better than the original. X2 is just a lot better at handling a larger cast of characters and has a much stronger script. The action scenes are also quite alot better than the first. The opening scene with Nightcrawler is a standout. In general it does everything much better than its predecessor. The central characters also gets to do much more here except Cyclops ofc, he basically gets captured early on and then appears near the end of the movie only to lose Jean lol. Brian Cox was really good as William Stryker and in general I think Stryker was the best antagonist in these first X-Men movies and acts as a great follow up from the original exploring more of Logan's past. It also gave us the best movie X-Men score. Great movie overall. Also, this movie surprisingly has no Stan Lee cameo.

Bobby Drake icing up "you shouldn't have left the school." in X3 was my heck yeah moment. honestly, a Bobby Drake solo movie as a coming if age, and ending with him meeting Scott jean and Charles - I'll watch it.

The Mansion attack scene and Pyro's exchange with Magneto aboard the Blackbird are some of my all time favourite comicbook movie moments

The Pyro/Iceman story line in the original X-Men films were so well done and the only redeeming feature of The Last Stand.

3:35 Stuckmann saying 'JASON STOP IT!' syncing up perfectly with Patrick Stewart's mouth was AMAZING.

During filming, Hugh Jackman's sister visited the set. As a joke, she was made-up in Jackman's full Wolverine costume and make-up, and walked around the set. Apparently, she was very convincing as Jackman. Bryan Singer was not aware that it was not Jackman in the Wolverine costume, and commented of her work during shooting that "Hugh is acting very strangely today.

The fact that David Hayter (Solid Snake) was involved in this is awesome!

X-Men got me into comics, and is still my favourite comic/superhero series to this day. X2 was the first movie I ever remember getting legitimately excited to see. Especially since Nightcrawler was in it, who was (and still is) my favourite X-Men. I personally found the way they wrote him to be underwhelming now (I find they wrote him overall a bit too serious and didn't play on his fun-loving nature), but as a little kid I was perfectly happy with the portrayal. I never heard anyone complain about him being among the ranks of Jar Jar, so that actually surprises me. Either way, this movie is a huge part of my childhood, and I still enjoy it to this day.

speaking of bryan singer and john ottman, please review the USUAL SUSPECTS!!!! a true masterpiece

Hmmm, I might have to re-watch X2 now

The Nightcrawler scene at the beginning is still one of my favorite superhero action scenes

you are right about that wolverine stabbing scene in the kitchen. I've played that scene back a ton of times. that scene gold

one thing i noticed throughout all the old x men films is that, its more focused on wolverine considering the dude is immortal. Being an immortal of such, his purpose in life is witnessing every event that unfolds with the Xmen. I blazed through all the movies, even the shitty ones, and it just makes the binge watch even better knowing its Wolverine's journey we follow from the beginning to the end. The losses he faces and the new companions he gains. it's also pretty tragic. i hope he gets a good send off in Logan and not get adamantium dumped on him as his last days on earth. Avengers takes action scenes over character development which is one of its failures regardless of the billion dollar box office. It also reveals the mindset of many viewers today for movies.

Am I the only one who doesn't like the original X-men movies

I really don't think these older Xmen movies hold up well but I'm glad they exist because it's clear that they paved the way to the modern superhero movies that I love today.

The Jason Stryker scenes are straight out of The Ring (2002). Brian Cox playing the father, a little ghost girl in a white dress, and the greenish color grading

Chris: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with this film and I honestly think it's one of the best of the year. The acting in amazing, the direction is just phenomenal. Alright so I'm gonna give this film a C+"

I also think the end credits theme from the first X-Men was also a good theme they should’ve kept using.

My favorite scene and probably one of my favorite scenes in any comic book movie is Magneto's escape from prison. He seems so calm and cool when breaking out with just three metal marbles.

Stuckmann helps me get through the day.

WTF? Nobody compared Nightcrawler to Jar Jar Binks. He was one of the most praised characters in the film franchise.

I never realized Mystique gave the finger to Striker's men after her fight with them. Thanks.

Chris, that Starry Night Metroid shirt is AWESOME!!!

Chris... X-men 1 and 2 don’t even come close to how good the first avengers movie was. Avengers 1 was almost an absolutely perfect super hero movie. Some would say it IS a perfect super hero movie.

Hey Chris. I actually know someone who worked on this movie. He was a part of the visual effects team for Mystique.