Thursday, January 1, 2015

X-Men (2000)





Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

OK adaptation of a comics classic is slow-paced,  has good emphasis on atmosphere and style and surprisingly doesn't overdo it with the action sequences.

Halliwell (no star): "Stylish comicbook action movie that is one of the few to suggest that some inteeligence is involved, though its attempt to find a connection between its mutants and the Jewish victims of the concentration camps is ill-judged."

Maltin***: "Long on razzle-dazzle, fun to watch, though some energy is sapped away by the climax."


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