Film guide · 2003
The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.
The first film helps.
We learn why there's metal in his bones.
Nightcrawler, a blue-skinned mutant from Germany, joins the story.
It sets up the next film.
Who's who in X2 (2003), with Logan at the center. The X-Men are on the left, Magneto's side on the right, and Stryker below.
Because of copyright, we can't use stills, posters or any other images of the characters as they appear in the film. All face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors themselves (non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site; people without a photo are shown with initials).
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Logan (Wolverine)Center ・ Hugh JackmanX-Man
Professor XMain ・ Patrick StewartHeadmaster
Jean GreyMain ・ Famke JanssenX-Man
MagnetoMain ・ Ian McKellenBrotherhood leader
William StrykerMain ・ Brian CoxArmy colonel
CyclopsSupporting ・ James MarsdenX-Men leader
StormSupporting ・ Halle BerryX-Man
NightcrawlerSupporting ・ Alan CummingTeleporting mutant
RogueSupporting ・ Anna PaquinStudent
Bobby (Iceman)Supporting ・ Shawn AshmoreStudent
MystiqueSupporting ・ Rebecca RomijnBrotherhoodFace photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).
A blue-skinned mutant attacks the President in the White House.
Colonel Stryker's soldiers raid the school and capture students.
Magneto breaks out of prison and offers the X-Men an alliance.
At Stryker's base, Logan confronts his past.
The dam collapses, forcing the X-Men into a terrible choice.
Contains spoilers about the ending.
To make Professor X use a copy of Cerebro to kill every mutant on Earth.
Stryker threatens all mutants. But at the last moment, Magneto turns the plan against humans instead.
A shape like a fiery bird appears, setting up The Last Stand.
The devout Nightcrawler is seen praying with a rosary.
Bobby, Iceman, tells his family he's a mutant.
Logan fights a woman working for Stryker who also has claws.
No post-credits scene. At the end of the film, the shadow of a phoenix appears in the lake.