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Genres:
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Action /
Sci-Fi /
Thriller
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Director:
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Bryan Singer
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Actors:
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Rebecca Romijn,
Ray Park,
Kenneth McGregor,
Matthew Sharp,
Hugh Jackman,
Patrick Stewart,
Ian McKellen,
Famke Janssen,
James Marsden,
Halle Berry,
Anna Paquin,
Tyler Mane,
Bruce Davison,
Rhona Shekter,
Shawn Roberts
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Duration:
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104 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)382.5
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Plot Summary:
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Born into a world filled with jaundice are children who contain uncommon and threatening powers - the arise of unique genetic mutations. Cyclops unleashes bolts of strength from his eyes. Storm can rig the suffer at make. Rogue absorbs the vivacity force of anyone she touches. But, below the tutelage of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers recompense the palatable of mankind. Now they should defend those who veneration them as the nefarious Magneto (Ian McKellen), who believes humans and mutants can never co-exist, unveils his menacing expe... ct inasmuch as the following...
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Mutants are not the ones mankind should fear.
There are mutants living in American communities, and nobody knows how and where they might use their strange and strong powers. U.S. Senator Robert Kelly wants to protect human citizens by passing legislation to require them to register with the government, but mutant Magneto, has other ideas. His plan is to let mutant Rogue absorb his magnetic powers in order to change many of the world leaders into mutants so that the Mutant Registration Act would not be passed.
X-Men is a very enjoyable film, with an intriguing script, quite good effects, shots and convincing performances, particularly Stewart and McKellen, but also Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin as the outcast mutants Wolverine and Rogue.
The movie's only defect is the fact that it feels like the pilot of a TV series...
X-Men
The ultimate comic of teen-angst and alienation finally makes it to the big screen. A deft and moody adaptation from Bryan Singer, director of The Usual Suspects
Woe betide the person who messes with something as cultish as the X-Men. The director is left with the poisonous task of either infuriating the fans who have been reading the comic for three decades, or confusing the hell out of those who don't know what an X-Man is. But it is a challenge that The Usual Suspects director Singer seems to have overcome.
Essentially, the idea is that there are an increasing number of mutants who have extraordinary powers but are feared and persecuted by normal humans. Those who want peace with humans are trained by Professor Xavier (Stewart), while those who w...
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