00:00After its introduction, X-Men 2 clearly tells us
00:02We did some tests with the first film, now we're getting down to business.
00:07In an incredible piece of bravery, the director unfolds a sequence without any downtime
00:11where the fluidity of the transitions are as skillful as this new character that we discover
00:15and who sneaks up to the Oval Office with Mozart playing in the background, which directly sets the tone of the film.
00:21Mutants are now a threat, or so we are led to believe.
00:25This is the second time Bryan Singer has taken care of his intro.
00:28and it is thanks to this that the film manages to grab us from the very beginning.
00:32X-Men 2 will be a string of masterful and elegant scenes.
00:35The action is much more skillful there.
00:37The raid on Charles Xavier's mansion, the fight between Wolverine and his female double,
00:41not forgetting Magneto's escape where everything becomes one.
00:44The music, the violence, the composition of the shots and the incredibly beautiful setting.
00:49No, but look at that, it's Hannibal Gandalf!
00:52Go back into the shadows!
00:55By the way, let's talk about Magneto.
00:56What is this Magneto?
00:57He is a much more complex character than he appears.
01:00Much less Manichean than one might think.
01:02He shows regret when he confesses to Charles that he gave away his school's secrets.
01:06He saves the X-Men from imminent death and joins forces with them to fight a common enemy.
01:11Proof that he is, in fact, showing perspective and a certain intelligence.
01:14And what's more, it remains incredibly classy.
01:17Thank you Ian McKellen.
01:18Well, yes, it's true that he's about to wipe out humans.
01:21We've seen better in terms of empathy.
01:23He goes hand in hand with Mystique, quite sadistic at times, but above all formidably effective.
01:27Besides, the scene where she transforms to flirt with the guard,
01:30Well, it's the character's interpreter who simply isn't wearing makeup.
01:34We're also getting more mutants.
01:36Some are cool, like Pyro or Iceberg.
01:38Others are barely visible.
01:40And some are not very useful.
01:42I mean, the kid there, for example, he has the worst power.
01:45It's a remote control.
01:45But paradoxically, and despite all these new recruits,
01:48The characters in the first film are better developed.
01:51The love trio is much better exploited.
01:53Tornado gains thickness.
01:54It must be said that between the first opus and this one,
01:57Albery has become much more popular.
01:58And the Charles-Eric relationship becomes even more refined
02:01in order to offer us a friendship and a rivalry that denote the usual constraints.
02:05Diablo is also very endearing.
02:07Manipulated, rejected for what he is,
02:09and very lucid about his condition.
02:11Because most people are doomed to never see anything
02:15beyond what their eyes tell them.
02:17As you will have understood, this second opus is a success in every way.
02:20It surpasses its predecessor in providing us with entertainment
02:23just as explosive in its action scenes as it is intelligent in its subject matter.
02:27Bryan Singer does a great job, at least outdoors,
02:30because it was recently revealed that during filming,
02:32he showed a huge lack of professionalism.
02:35Albery even made it clear that he was taking very few precautions.
02:38to supervise the stunts,
02:40and that he was absent from filming for several weeks
02:42for no real reason,
02:43leaving the filming of the movie to second hands.
02:46Today, we know that the director was addicted to several substances.
02:49Add to that various accusations of sexual assault,
02:52and without Fox being dismissed in the process,
02:54It is easy to say that his glory days are behind him.
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