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X-Men 2
, a 2003 sequel to the X-Men film, the heroic team of mutants must form an uneasy alliance with former enemy Magneto to stop an obsessed military scientist from exterminating all mutant-kind. Based on characters from Marvel comics .
- Directed by Bryan Singer . Screenplay by Michael Dougherty , Dan Harris , and David Hayter .
- Starring Hugh Jackman , Patrick Stewart , Ian McKellan , and Brian Cox .
Magneto
- "Ah, Mister Stryker! Come to see that American tax dollars are keeping me comfortable?"
- "You should have killed me when you had the chance!"
- "There's too much iron in your blood."
- "Never trust a beautiful woman, Mr. Laurio. Especially one who's interested in you."
- "When will these people learn to fly?"
- "You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different."
- "What are you planning to do - scratch it with your claws?"
- "This is one lovers' quarrel we can't get involved in, my dear."
Professor Charles Xavier
- "The next time you feel like showing off - don't."
- "You see, Logan? We're not as alone as you think."
- "It is an historical fact. Sharing has never been humanity's defining attribute."
Wolverine
- "You picked the wrong house, Bub."
- "You wanna shoot me? SHOOT ME!"
Colonel William Stryker
- "I was piloting black-ops missions in the jungles of North Vietnam when you were suckin' on your mama's tit at Woodstock, Kelly, so don't lecture me about war. This already is a war."
- "I didn't realize Xavier was taking in animals... even animals as unique as you."
- "The one thing I know better than anyone is my own work. Seal the room. Shoot it."
- "Sergeant, kill anyone who approaches... even if it's me."
- "You were an animal then and you're an animal now. I just gave you claws."
Others
- "Bobby, have you tried... not being a mutant?" ~ Mrs. Drake
- "You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about on the news? I'm the worst one." ~ Pyro
Dialogue
- Colonel Stryker: I have found evidence of a mutant training facility in upstate New York.
- Senator Kelly: This facility is a school.
- Stryker: Sure it is. (he sets photos on the president's desk)
- President McKenna: What the hell is that?
- Stryker: A jet.
- President: What kind of jet?
- Stryker: We don't know - but it comes up out of the basketball court.
- Professor Xavier: Logan, my tolerance for your smoking in the mansion notwithstanding, continue smoking that in here and you'll spend the rest of your days under the belief the you're a six-year-old girl.
- Wolverine: You'd do that?
- Professor Xavier: I'd have Jean braid your hair.
- Nightcrawler: You and Miss Grey are schoolteachers?
- Storm: Yes - at a school for people like us, where we can be safe.
- Nightcrawler: Safe from what?
- Storm: Everyone else.
- Nightcrawler: You know, outside of the circus, most people were afraid of me. But I did not hate them. I pitied them. Do you know why? Because most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
- Storm: Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago.
- Nightcrawler: Someone so beautiful should not be so angry.
- Storm: Sometimes anger can help you survive.
- Nightcrawler: So can faith.
- (Professor Xavier learns that Colonel Stryker has been interrogating Magneto in prison.)
- Prof. Xavier: Eric, what have you done?
- Magneto: I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it.
- Xavier: What have you told Stryker?
- Magneto: Everything.
- (Bobby Drake has just told his family that he's a mutant.)
- Mrs. Drake: This is all my fault.
- Pyro: Actually, they've discovered that males are the ones who carry the mutant gene and pass it on. So - it's his fault. (points at Mr. Drake.)
- (The problem with built-in metal claws.)
- Police Officer: Drop the knives and put your hands in the air. I said, drop the knives!
- Wolverine: This is just a misunderstanding --
- Police Officer: Put the knives DOWN!
- Wolverine: I can't!
- Jean Grey: So who is this Stryker, anyway?
- Magneto: He's a military scientist. He spent his whole life trying to solve the 'mutant problem'. If you want a more intimate perspective, why don't you ask Wolverine? (to Wolverine) You don't remember, do you? William Stryker: the only other man I know who can manipulate adamantium. The metal on your bones - it carries his signature.
- Wolverine: But the Professor --
- Magneto: The Professor trusted you were smart enough to discover this on your own. He gives you more credit than I do.
- Jean Grey: Girls flirt with the dangerous guy, Logan. They don't take him home. They marry the good guy.
- Wolverine: I could be the good guy.
- Jean Grey: The good guy sticks around.
- Nightcrawler: Excuse me. They say you can imitate anyone - even their voice.
- Mystique (in Nightcrawler's voice): Even their voice.
- Nightcrawler: Then why not stay in disguise all the time? You know - look like everyone else?
- Mystique: Because we shouldn't have to.
- (Making out with a person he thinks is Jean Grey, Wolverine finds scars from the wound he gave Mystique in the first film.)
- Mystique: No one's ever left a scar quite like you.
- Wolverine: What do you want, an apology?
- Mystique: You know what I want. The question is, what do you want? (She shape-shifts into several different women; Wolverine pushes her away and she assumes the form of Stryker.) What do you really want?
- Wolverine: I want you to get out.
- Pyro: So, they say you're the bad guy.
- Magneto: Is that what they say?
- Pyro: That's a dorky-looking helmet. What's it for?
- Magneto: That "dorky-looking helmet" is the only thing that's gonna protect me from the real bad guys. What's your name?
- Pyro: John.
- Magneto: What's your real name, John?
- Pyro: Pyro. (he juggles a small fireball.)
- Magneto: That's quite a talent you have there, Pyro.
- Pyro: I can only manipulate the fire. I can't create it.
- Magneto: You are a god among insects! Never let anyone tell you different.
- (Mystique has bypassed the security at the villain's secret base.)
- Wolverine: She's good.
- Magneto: You have no idea.
- Professor Xavier: Oh, my God, William, this is your son! What have you --
- Colonel Stryker: NO, Charles! My son is dead! Just like the rest of you.
- (Professor Xavier has handed the President classified documents detailing Colonel Stryker's activities.)
- President McKenna: Where did you get these?
- Professor Xavier: Let's just say I know a little girl who can walk through walls.
Cast
- Patrick Stewart - Professor Charles Xavier
- Hugh Jackman - Wolverine /Logan
- Ian McKellan - Magneto /Eric Lehnsherr
- Famke Janssen - Dr. Jean Grey
- Halle Berry - Storm /Ororo Munro
- Rebecca Romijn-Stamos - Mystique (and, briefly, "Grace")
- James Marsden - Cyclops /Scott Summers
- Brian Cox - Colonel William Stryker
- Alan Cumming - Nightcrawler /Kurt Wagner
- Anna Paquin - Rogue
- Shawn Ashmore - Iceman /Bobby Drake
- Aaron Stanford - Pyro /John Allerdyce
- Kelly Hu - Deathstrike /Yuriko Oyama
- Michaal Reid - Mutant 143/Jason Stryker
- Bruce Davison - Senator Robert Kelly
- Cotter Smith - President McKenna
- See also: X-Men
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