This adaptation of Marvel Comics Uncanny X-Men is well cast and posesses intriguing settings and special effects. The film could have been longer, though, and it tends to focus on Wolverine and Rogue too much. Storm,Cyclops,and Jean Grey ( Phoenix ) take second saddle, hopefully not next time. Magneto is well portrayed and so is Professor X. The action scenes are convincing, the plot is a bit too political, and the X-Men are sans-outfits, all dressed in black. Hugh Jackman is a great Wolverine. My main complaint is the focus on Rogue. She was originally a member of the Evil Mutants, though not in this film. She was also a much lesser X-Man, and in my opinion she should have been absent in favor of Beast, Colossus or Nightcrawler. I think she was given so much just to pander to the the teenage girls. Take Rogue away, make it longer, and this movie came very close to being fantastic.

This film is well produced and well-acted, but has virtually no sci-fi elements in it. The ethical and social arguments are valid ( no pun intended ) but I was dissapointed in its lack of action, lack of sci-fi imagery and morose backround music. At times it is little more than a detective story, or a human interest drama. The film needed more excitement and much more creative imagery. Setting is given the back seat and there was no reason for that. What could have been a grand film is only average, though well acted.