Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Brian Cox, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Bruce Davison, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, Kelly Hu
There's a new enemy for the mutants - General William Stryker, who hates all mutants, and wants to kill them all. To achieve this, he attacks the mutant school and kidnaps Professor Xavier to make him work a new Cerebro.
Magneto and Mystique now fight on the good side - to a certain point, since they want to kill all non-mutants.
Revealing mistake: In the scene where Storm and Nightcrawler rush to rescue the children from the holding cell, you see a shot of the cell where the children stand up and say "Listen..." before Nightcrawler teleports inside. If you look carefully, you will see Nightcrawler's silhouette in the shadow against the wall. (01:27:50)
President McKenna: What's that?
William Stryker: A jet.
President McKenna: What kind of jet?
William Stryker: We don't know...but it comes out of the basketball court.
Trivia: During the scene in the bar with Mystique and the prison guard, the person on the TV is Dr. Hank McCoy - this is the real name of X-Man The Beast.
Question: When Mystique is disguised as Senator Kelly, why did she tell the other politicians about Professor Xavier's school?
Answer: Stryker was trying to get permission from the President to raid the school on the grounds that it is a mutant training facility. Mystique interjects and claims it is a docile boarding school in an attempt to dissuade the President from granting Stryker's request, as she doesn't want the students at the school to be harmed.
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