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X-Men [DVD] [2000] | ![X-Men [DVD] [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518HYEJWK3L._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 5369
Format: PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036004848
ASIN: B0000560Y6
Theatrical Release Date: July 14, 2000
Release Date: June 21, 2004
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Although the superhero comic book has been a duopoly since the early 1960s, only DC's flagship characters, Superman and Batman (who originated in the late 1930s) have established themselves as big-screen franchises. Until now--this is the first runaway hit film version of the alternative superhero IX-Men/I universe created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others. It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and this is the exception. IX-Men/I drops us into a world that is closer to our own than IBatman/I's Gotham City, but it's still home to super-powered goodies and baddies. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a WW2 concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams", Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine (who has retractable claws and amnesia), and Anna Paquin's Rogue (who sucks the life and superpowers out of anyone she touches). The plot has to do with a big gizmo that will wreak havoc at a gathering of world leaders, but the film is more interested in setting up a tangle of bizarre relationships between even more bizarre people, with solid pros such as Stewart and McKellen relishing their sly dialogue and the newcomers strutting their stuff in cool leather outfits. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics' fans engaged, but it feels more like a science fiction movie than a superhero picture. --IKim Newman/i
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 Sombre super hero stuff. April 4, 2002
Mr. A. P. Venables
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
X-men is very enjoyable film. Great care has gone into presenting the comic book world in way that is almost realistic. Though the film lacks any truly great action sequences the film more than makes up for it with brillant characterisation. Hugh Jackmans portrayal of Wolverine is especially good. pI found the relationship between Rogue and Wolverine very heart warming. There is no reason to dislike this film or DVD.
X markes the spot December 29, 2005
Kurt Messick (London, SW1)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
--The Setting-- brThe not-to-distant present. The human race is feeling threatened (perhaps by not having a cold war with a ready-made enemy to vilify) by a new phenomenon - mutant people who possess strange abilities. Are they defects and deformed people? Are they the next step in evolution? Whatever they are (hence the X term), they are a worry to many, particular the senator calling for their registration (a recurrent theme in American sociology - let#x27;s register those different from us; let#x27;s register known communists, let#x27;s register all gun owners, let#x27;s register all sex offenders, let#x27;s register, hmmm, what#x27;s left?). pSome of the X people (sorry, the title is gender-inaccurate: not all of the X-men are men) see this as the first step to their imprisonment and irradication, particularly the one named Magneto, who watched his family being herded toward death chambers in Nazi Germany (where they also had a penchant for registration). Magneto decides that this is the final straw, and vows to #x27;change the minds#x27; of the leaders of the world. pOn the side of the angels is Xavier, Professor Charles Xavier, powerful telepath, who is both a champion of mutant rights but also a believer in the fundamental goodness of humanity. Thus, we have the classic battle - good and evil. The battle lines are drawn. The forces line up. pBehind Magneto, who can control metal objects, either believing in his vision of a corrupt humanity who will do them no good, or simply after the power their powers could afford them, are Toad, a mutant spits toxic goop with his rubbery tongue, Mystique, a basic shape-shifter, and Sabretooth, the #x27;muscle#x27; every villain. pIn league with Xavier at his school are Cyclops, a man whose eyes fire laser beams, Storm, who can control the weather, and Jean Grey, who possesses minor telepathic powers and telekinetic abilities. pInto the midst of this gathering battle fall Wolverine, a man with heightened senses, quick healing and special implants of metal, and Rogue, a frightened teenaged girl whose touch robs the one she#x27;s touching of his or her life force. p--The Story-- brGood versus evil. Who#x27;s side are you on? Wolverine and Rogue are nearly abducted by Magneto#x27;s forces, saved by Xavier#x27;s forces, then (of course) caught once again. There are some clever moments and diversions (what is really going on?), but mostly as a movie inspired by a comic book would be, the plot is predictable. Magneto is out to convince the world leaders that they are wrong to despise and fear the mutants by turning them into mutants. Each of the mutants has a reason to opt for one side or the other in this battle. Each of the X-people have a past, and we get only teasing glimpses of some of them. The good guys win, of course, but it isn#x27;t a definitive victory. Of course, you wouldn#x27;t expect it to be. This is supposed to be a blockbuster that will spawn sequels for years to come...Overall, this was a fun movie with a good action, a good story, and good effects. I must confess to never having seen the comic books before and being completely ignorant about the characters or plots, so there were no expectations to be dashed. Stewart and McKellen are two of my favourite actors, and they did not disappoint in their roles. pMy one wish would have been for more background and details - I know they were hoping to leave something for the sequels, but coming in at just over 90 minutes, they surely could have let those of us without a comic book interest in on a little more of the mystery.
Top film of the year December 31, 2000
chaff78@netscapeonline.co.uk (UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
X-Men turned out to be my film of the year due to it's excellent characters. I'd never been a fan but my brother dragged me along to see it and I was really impressed. The acting is superb and the special effects are top quality. The film tended to focus on the personal relationships and problems of the mutants instead of straightforward fights which was a good thing. When the fight scenes did come though they were awesome especially the powerful Storm played by Halle Berry.Hugh Jackman's Wolverine was my other faveourite character and put a lot into his role. I hope there'll be a sequel!
Good film, ought to be sequel on the way... March 1, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is one film that has lived up to its expectations across the board. For loyal fans, it was a long awaited treat and for those who have never seen the cartoons nor read the comic strips, it stood out as 'that next great film.'pThe casting of Patrick Stewart as Professor X was a perfect choice and the acting was by and large...pretty good. Although the film wasn't 100% loyal to the storylines used in the cartoon, the subtleties and special effects ought to have made up for that ( well, for most people anyway!) They even managed to get Rogue's accent to match that in the cartoon and even explains that the white straek in her hair was not a product of something from the new L'oreal range for hair colour.pI forsee a sequel for two reasons; Firstly, it was hailed a s a success and like all Hollywood's successful movies, a sequel is inevitable. Secondly, this film merely introduces the basics of the Xmen world, in a way it is to X-men what the Phantom Menace is to Star Wars. Many of the characters and unavoidable sub-plots featured in the cartoon have yet to emerge. A goood film deserving a greater follow uppKKHL.
Storm is the best! March 21, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this film and the DVD is super although I wish there had been a commentary. My favourite thing about the film has to be the intriguing characters that are so much fun to watch. They were all so fascinating and had original powers. Wolverine was perfect as he wasn't the usual goody goody super hero type guy. I loved the love triangle thing going on between him and Jean and Cyclops, it led to some great scenes, jokes and chemistry between them all. My favourite character had to be Storm though. Halle Berry is a goddess and such a beautiful actress. Her power was definitely the best showing her powerful side after seeing her caring and gentle side before. I'd recommend this film for everyone because it has a bit of everything - action, adventure, romance, jokes etc
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