
Village Voice
It ain't saying much but, when it comes to stoopid fun, X-Men could be the summer movie to beat.
Full reviewHugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen star in the first installment of the X-Men film series, directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects).
Two mutants, Rogue (Paquin) and Wolverine (Jackman), come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organisation with similar powers.
LessIt ain't saying much but, when it comes to stoopid fun, X-Men could be the summer movie to beat.
Full reviewX-Men plays like a so-so middle chapter of an epic series rather than a fitting kickoff.
Full reviewApart from the brushed metal production design and pin-sharp camerawork, this offers only moderate excitement.
Full reviewClumsy when it should be light on its feet, the movie takes itself even more seriously than the comic book and its fans do, which is a superheroic achievement.
Full reviewIt sucks that this choppily edited film appears rushed and incoherent in ways that cheat the story of its human resonance and the stunts of their anticipated pow.
Full reviewThe events that end the movie are sort of anticlimactic, and the special effects, while energetic, are not as persuasive as they might be.
Full reviewAn accomplished piece of work with considerable pulp watchability to it.
Full reviewX-Men (2000) is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Disney+ and Foxtel and Prime Video Store.
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