A very good sequel - improves on the original, deepens the character relationships and thematic work, has some superb action sequences.
It does get afflicted by bloat in the second half - like, really bogged down. The sacrifice of Jean Grey/Famke Janssen is a worthy climactic point but you feel they could have built to it more.
They still can't find something for Halle Berry to do, but they do push the subtext more in an interesting way (i.e. mutants = gay, we all thought Bryan Singer was like Xavier but in fact he was Magneto). Hugh Jackman, Janssen and Patrick Stewart-Ian MacKellan have stuff to do.
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