Product Description

As Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) searches for clues to his shrouded past, a new enemy rises: William Stryker (Brian Cox), a sinister military scientist obsessed with ridding the world of the "mutant menace." Can an uneasy alliance between Magneto (Ian McKellen) and the X-Men stop him before he carries out his genocidal plot? Alan Cumming joins the fray as blue-skinned teleporter Nightcrawler in Bryan Singer's smash sequel; Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos co-star. 134 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5. 1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Cantonese, Mandarin; audio commentary; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailers; more. Two-disc set.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16173 in DVD
• Brand: JACKMAN,HUGH
• Published on: 2009-04-01
• Released on: 2009-04-21
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 133 minutes

Amazon.com
X2 does a fine job of picking up where X-Men left off, giving fans more of what they liked the first time around. Under the serious-minded custody of returning director Bryan Singer, the second film of this Marvel comics franchise ups the ante on Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and the superhero mutants from the first film, pitting them against a mutant-hating scientist (Brian Cox) who's determined to wipe out the mutant race by tricking Xavier into abusing his telepathic powers. More a series of spectacles than a truly satisfying thriller, X2 introduces new mutant allies while giving each of the X-Men alumni--notably the temporarily helpful Magneto (Ian McKellen)--their own time in the spotlight. Well aware of the parallels between "mutantism" and virulent intolerance in the real world, Singer lends real gravity to the proceedings, injecting dramatic urgency into a continuing franchise that, in lesser hands, might've grown patently absurd. --Jeff Shannon

From The New Yorker
This is the sequel to "X-Men," Bryan Singer's sleek saga of extravagantly gifted humanoids known as mutants. Early grosses suggest that Singer has repeated his success, and that there may be further installments to come. But does the source material suit an extended franchise? The plotting seems dangerously self-interested, being concerned almost exclusively with the survival of the mutants themselves, and, behind the succulent effects, the tone is oddly hectoring, instructing us to behave liberally toward these nice boys and girls whose only quirk is the ability to create thunderstorms or hurl fire. Also, the need for fresh mutants will soon overcrowd the screen. Hugh Jackman, as Wolverine, is one of the few who emerge from the picture with their dignity enhanced; by contrast, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry, and even Ian McKellen are cruelly underused. With Alan Cumming, enjoying himself to a quite illicit degree as a Teutonic devil, and Brian Cox as a neo-con mutant-hunter, whose goatee may be the most villainous effect of all. -Anthony Lane
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