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X2 (promoted in some markets as X2: X-Men United or X-Men 2: X-Men United) is a 2003 movie, the sequel to X-Men. It was directed by Bryan Singer, and stars Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Alan Cumming, and Anna Paquin.
After a devastating attempt on the President's life, and the revelation that a mutant was involved, public pressure to ratify the Mutant Registration Act increases.
An attack on Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted (labeled a Mutant training facility by the media), leads to an unlikely alliance with the just-escaped MagnetoMagneto (real name unknown, alias "Erik Magnus Lensherr"), is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and the nemesis of the X-Men. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in X-Men #1 ( 1963). Magneto is a mutant with in a frantic race to stop William Stryker, a military leader with a hatred of mutants, before he can succeed in his plan to destroy all mutants.
Stryker has orchestrated the attack on the President to get official approval for his attack on all mutants. He is able to control mutants with a powerful drug, and gains control over Professor Xavier through Jason, one of the professor's former students, who is able to project visions in the mind, blinding a person to reality. Stryker has created a copy of Professor Xavier's machine CerebroCerebro is a mutant-detecting mechanism in which the X-Men leader, Professer Charles Xavier uses to detect any mutant using their powers. It's powerful and only Xavier could use it until recently. Jean Grey a. a Phoenix was able to use it until her "death which, we learn, was invented by then-friends Professor Xavier and Erik Lensherr (Magneto).
In the process, WolverineWolverine (a. Logan; birth name James Howlett) is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the X-Men. He first appeared in the final panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 ( October 1974). Len Wein is the writer credited with creat learns some of his forgotten past and how his body was enhanced with a superstrong adamantiumAdamantium is a fictional chemical substance in a number of fictional settings, notably the Marvel Universe. The name is derived from the word adamant''. The alloy is malleable in its molten state, but is nearly indestructable once cooled. Variants includ skeletonSkeleton is also a winter sport: see skeleton (sport). In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. By extension, non-biological outline structures such as gantries or buildings may also acqui. He meets another adamantium-laced foe, Lady DeathstrikeLady Deathstrike (real name Yuriko Oyama) is a fictional character, a comic book supervillainess in the Marvel Comics universe and an occasional foe of the X-Men. Lady Deathstrike's father was the scientist responsible for discovering the process of bondi, and fights her to protect the other mutants who have been imprisoned in a secret facility by Stryker.
The character NightcrawlerThis article is about Nightcrawler, the comic book superhero. For the animal nightcrawler, see Lumbricus terrestris. Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the X-Men. He first appeared in Giant-, the German named Kurt Wagner, is introduced in the film and becomes a member of the X-Men. In the end, Dr. Jean Grey sacrifices herself to save Professor Xavier and the other X-Men. However, there is evidence she may return, like she did in the comics, as the Phoenix.