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  • Actors: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden
  • Directors: Bryan Singer
  • Writers: Bryan Singer, David Hayter, Tom DeSanto
  • Producers: Avi Arad, Bill Todman Jr., Joel Simon, Kevin Feige
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Jun 2004
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000560Y6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,825 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Although the superhero comic book has been a duopoly since the early 1960s, only DC's flagship characters, Superman and Batman (who originated in the late 1930s) have established themselves as big-screen franchises. Until now--this is the first runaway hit film version of the alternative superhero X-Men universe created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others. It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and this is the exception. X-Men drops us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but it's still home to super-powered goodies and baddies. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a WW2 concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams", Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine (who has retractable claws and amnesia), and Anna Paquin's Rogue (who sucks the life and superpowers out of anyone she touches). The plot has to do with a big gizmo that will wreak havoc at a gathering of world leaders, but the film is more interested in setting up a tangle of bizarre relationships between even more bizarre people, with solid pros such as Stewart and McKellen relishing their sly dialogue and the newcomers strutting their stuff in cool leather outfits. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics' fans engaged, but it feels more like a science fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman

Video Description
DVD Special Features:

6 Deleted Scenese
Bryan Singer/ Charlie Rose Interview Clips
3 Theatrical Trailers
3 TV Spots
"The Mutant Watch" Featurette
"X-Men Featurette"
Hugh Jackman Screen Test
Storyboards
Still Galleries
Easter Eggs
Moving Menus
Plus Trailer for Titan A.E
Subtitles in English for the Hard of Hearing, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, IB Portugese, Swedish.

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4.0 out of 5 stars **** THE X-FACTOR ****, 28 May 2003
By Mr. N. Carnegie (Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK.) - See all my reviews
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As most of the world knows by now, X-Men is the live-action version of the of the Marvel comic strip, directed by Bryan Singer (of the Usual Suspects fame). Set in the not too distant future the X-Men are humans who thanks to genetic mutation have inherited special powers. On the surface, having special powers sounds great (you might think) but in X-Men the mutant race is an oppressed and persecuted minority, due to the bigotry, ignorance and fear of much of the non-mutant population. Furthermore an ambitious and influential Senator (Bruce Davison) wants to introduce a registration policy for mutants in an attempt to further restrict their civil rights. In response to this the mutant community is split into two camps led by Professor X, aka Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto, aka Erik Mangus Lensherr (Sir Ian McKellen). Magneto believes in the supremacy of the mutant population, which he is willing to use force to prove, whilst Professor X merely wants, equality, integration and peace. With fundamentally opposing views the two camps are set on a collision course with the future of the human race at stake.

X-Men is an entertaining action movie and it has some great fight scenes but it is pitched at its intended mass audience and carefully falls short explicit violence making it pretty much suitable for all but young children. However, although the X Men movie comes from a comic book background and is definitely aimed at a mass audience it also has a message and is a lot more highbrow than most super hero adaptations. X-Men for example opens with a scene in a Nazi concentration camp with a young Magneto witnessing his mother being shepherded off to the gas chamber and from this it is pretty clear that Director Bryan Singer is deliberately making a point and drawing a comparison. It is also worth noting that at the time of the X Men's creation, back in 1963, among the major political figures in pre civil rights America were Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and it is easy to draw comparisons with Professor X and Magneto. Comparisons can also be drawn between X-Men character Senator Robert Kelly and a certain Senator McCarthy. What is more, X-Men is particularly pertinent at a time when there is so much tabloid speculation and scare mongering with regard to genetic engineering.

With X-Men, Director Bryan Singer, a self-confessed fan, has stayed remarkably loyal to the comic books and has served up a commercial but extremely enjoyable film with impressive special effects, which has inevitably spawned a sequel and (in all likelihood) a franchise, which makes me for one very happy. Full of great characters and great performances from the likes of Hugh Jackman (as Wolverine), Anna Pacquin (as Rogue) and Famke Janssen (as Dr Jean Grey) and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (as Mystique). However, it is the excellent pairing of the Royal Shakespeare company's McKellen and Stewart opposite each other that really adds gravitas to the proceedings and my only real dissapointments were seeing the excellent and beautiful Halle Berry (as Storm) being under-used and the relatively short running length of 97 minutes.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Almost a 5* Film, 15 April 2003
X-men is a very thrilling film. A Great effort went into the film to keep the comic book theme in the film. I think that the film lacks any truly great action sequences in the film, though it is made up with the characterisation. The special effects are superb, along with the acting.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sombre super hero stuff., 4 April 2002
By Mr. A. P. Venables "andi02" - See all my reviews
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X-men is very enjoyable film. Great care has gone into presenting the comic book world in way that is almost realistic. Though the film lacks any truly great action sequences the film more than makes up for it with brillant characterisation. Hugh Jackmans portrayal of Wolverine is especially good.

I found the relationship between Rogue and Wolverine very heart warming. There is no reason to dislike this film or DVD.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Was a very good film, worth a watch if you are into this sort of thing. Even if you think it may not be for you i'd give it a watch as i was a bit dubious and i really enjoyed it
Published 1 month ago by Ms. Laura M. Kitchin

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Film In It's Own Right
I used to love this film when I was younger. I've never read the X-Men comics though I did watch some cartoons based off them when I was a kid so I had a vague idea of what X-Men... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Marlyly

4.0 out of 5 stars You see the numerous models and yet ...
The special effects are good. The characters are simple and varied enough to make us like that universe of monstrous mutants that look just like us but can turn into whatever they... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU

3.0 out of 5 stars To me, my X-Men
X-Men could have been a bit of a disaster, it had brand recognition amongst the core sci-fi and superhero fan sets but as a concept was relatively unknown to Joe Public. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Phil Hattie

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality action
The opening shots depict a bleak concentration camp and a family being seperated. As the rain pours down and the parents are dragged off through the mud, a boy reaches out; his... Read more
Published 12 months ago by DDH255

2.0 out of 5 stars ok
this is solid and watchable but a bit anticlimatic as the film never gets in to first gear
Published 13 months ago by martin thomas

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Comic Book Movie
As far as bringing comic books/games to the screen, this has to be the best so far. The filming, sound and acting are great. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. A. Ramos

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine film
X-Men is the best comic strip adaptation I've seen to date. It has all the excitement and special effects that you'd expect, together with a class of acting that you don't see in... Read more
Published 23 months ago by S J Buck

4.0 out of 5 stars In Retrospect, the Father of Modern Comic Book Films
The first X-Men film is not really perfect, but in terms of it's timing and what it meant might be coming down the pike with regards to cinematic interpretations of comic books... Read more
Published on 16 Jul 2007 by Kasey Driscoll

4.0 out of 5 stars Looks like a pilot for a series.
This is interesting, as I never read the X-Men. So I did not have any preconception or know if any of the charters are important or known.
The story is clear. Read more
Published on 7 Jul 2007 by bernie

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