Jean Grey's telekinesis expands at a frightening rate. Halle Berry's Storm sets tornadoes on a pair of fighter jets in a cracking dogfight sequence. Spidey can sure swing, but, with a $50 million budget increase, this is the first comic book movie to really explore the potential of its heroes' powers. Which is just as well, as X2 redefines 'action-packed', including incidents both large (a suspenseful attack on the X-Mansion, during which Wolverine unleashes his berserker fury in truly iconic fashion) and small (a fiery conflagration at Iceman's family home). As he bamfs around, moving too fast for terrified Secret Service agents (and the camera itself) one thing is clear: Singer no longer has any hang-ups about handling action. Singer's evolution is confirmed in the astonishing opening sequence in which Alan Cumming's teleporting Nightcrawler attempts, under duress, to assassinate the American President. And as a result, X2 is one of the finest comic book movies to date, and a film that in every conceivable way improves upon its predecessor. Well, what a difference three years makes: for Singer has evolved. Where would X2 be without evolution? Three years ago, general consensus had it that the first X-Men movie, while enjoyable, was somehow lacking that Bryan Singer, the Usual Suspects wunderkind, was patently uncomfortable working within the big bucks arena.
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