I was a bit skeptical going into this movie, after seeing that it only recieved a 56% on rotten tomatoes. I had heard other people saying that the movie was good, so I had to decide for myself.

Overall, the movie was OK. Definatly no X-Men 2. The plot was good, and there were some entertaining scenes, but they were easily overshadowed by cheesy one liners and other predictable moments. The introduction of some new characters was nice. You get to see some of Iceman’s abilities, but not enough in my opinion. The death of a certain character near the begining of the film was unessecary and didn’t add much to the film. Hally Berry has a lot of lines and screen time in the movie, but doesn’t really do much. Her mutant abilities suck for the most part – the spinning punch move is pretty weak. Overall it’s pretty much the movie you would expect from the person who directed Rush Hour.

The movie has already made a ton of cash, and will likely do so for the weeks to follow. I feel as though the sucess of the movie is because of the previous films and not because of the work of the current director. It’s unfortunate that Bryan Singer decided to leave the series for the new Superman movie, but I have a feeling it will be a much better film.