X-Men 2: United They Stand 2003

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X2 (also marketed with the subtitle X-Men United They Stand, and internationally as X-Men 2) is a 2003 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter, from a story by Singer, Hayter and Zak Penn, it is the second installment in the X-Men film series, and it is the sequel to X-Men (2000). It stars an ensemble cast including Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Taylor Kitsch, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Davison, Aaron Stanford, Kelly Hu and Anna Paquin. The plot shows Mr Sinister, a genius scientist, leading an assault on Professor Xavier's school to build his own version of Xavier's mutant-tracking computer, Cerebro, in order to destroy every mutant on Earth and to save the human race from them, forcing the X-Men to team up with the Brotherhood of Mutants to stop Mr Sinister and save the mutant race.

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