X-Men (Blu-ray) PG-13
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 21, 2009
- Originally Released: 2000
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart | |
Performer: | Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn, Bruce Davison, Tyler Mane, Ray Park, Shawn Ashmore & Matthew Sharp | |
Directed by | Bryan Singer | |
Edited by | Steven Rosenblum | |
Screenwriting by | Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer & David Hayter | |
Screenplay by | David Hayter, Christopher McQuarrie, James Schamus & Joss Whedon | |
Composition by | Michael Kamen | |
Story by | Bryan Singer & Tom DeSanto | |
Produced by | Lauren Shuler Donner & Ralph Winter | |
Director of Photography: | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Entertainment Reviews:
The most beautiful, strange, and exciting comic-book movie since the original Batman.
New Yorker
...The movie is a treat....The set design is a superb combination of opulence and minimalism...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/4 --
This is a film that should satisfy fans of the hugely popular comic book and audiences who can't tell one uncanny X-Man from another. Mutants rule.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Rating: 2/5 --
The film gains a lot from the grandiose theatrical casting of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the two main roles, but the rest of the film is far too patchy and hammy.
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Patrick Nabarro
...Mr. Stewart was born to play [Professor Charles Xavier]....Wolverine [is] well played by Mr. Jackman...
New York Times
...Singer is off to a nice start [in the planned series to follow]... -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental
Premiere
...Impressive special effects....It is a pleasure to watch [the] two superb stage-trained British actors [Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen]...
USA Today
Product Description:
Based on the long-running Marvel comic book series, X-MEN takes place in the near future, as certain humans are evolving into mutants with special powers. In the Canadian wilderness, a young runaway mutant named Rogue (Anna Paquin) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), a bad-tempered, quick-healing mutant with retractable metal claws, are suddenly attacked by the powerful Magneto (Ian McKellen) and his lackeys. Fortunately, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Storm (Halle Berry), students of the compassionate Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), interfere and bring them back to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Here Wolverine and Rogue learn more about the conflict between Xavier and the militant Magneto, who wants to power a device that will genetically alter humans, with possibly deadly results. Only Xavier's students can stop Magneto's plans.
Director Bryan Singer (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) displays his expertise with an ensemble cast, accomplishing a feat by making the first live-action film about an entire group of superheroes. Hugh Jackman's portrayal of the ill-tempered Wolverine is dead-on, while Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are ideally matched in their Martin Luther King, Jr.- and Malcolm X-like roles. Smart and well-paced, X-MEN towers above most comic book movies.
Director Bryan Singer (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) displays his expertise with an ensemble cast, accomplishing a feat by making the first live-action film about an entire group of superheroes. Hugh Jackman's portrayal of the ill-tempered Wolverine is dead-on, while Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are ideally matched in their Martin Luther King, Jr.- and Malcolm X-like roles. Smart and well-paced, X-MEN towers above most comic book movies.
Description by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers - the result of unique genetic mutations. Cyclops unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes. Storm can manipulate the weather at will. Rogue absorbs the life force of anyone she touches. But under the tutelage of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind. Now they must protect those who fear them as the nefarious Magneto (Ian McKellen), who believes humans and mutants can never co-exist, unveils his sinsiter plan for the future!