# X-Men 2 (2003)

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**Original title**: *X2*
**Runtime**: 133 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Bryan Singer
**Written by**: Zak Penn, Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty
**Starring**: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Brian Cox, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen

> *The time has come for those who are different to stand united.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

New York City, summer, a mutant registration bill pending. 
A professor's mansion shelters outcasts, a colonel's hatred mobilizes.
Singer sets the X-Men saga on a larger scale.

**Mood tags**: outsider, uplifting

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.4/10 (611038 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 85% · Metacritic 68/100

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