X-Men 1, 2, 3, and 4 DVD Rip

X-Men

One of the most popular superhero teams in comic book history finally comes to the

screen in this big-budget adaptation of the long-running Marvel Comics series.

Psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) leads a school of skilled mutants

called X-Men, a peacekeeping force to safeguard the world against a race of

genetically mutated humans known as Homo Sapiens Superior. However, Magneto (Ian

McKellen), a mutant with a powerful magnetic charge, has also begun to organize a

team to strike first against what he believes to be a threat from humanity. When

he kidnaps Rogue (Anna Paquin) from the X-Men's compound, Xavier and his forces

must rescue her, even as they continue to vie with Magneto for the fearsomely

strong mutant battler Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Both Xavier and Magneto also have

to contend with Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison), a heartless political leader who

wants a final solution against mutants on both sides. Fighting for the forces of

virtue with the X-Men are Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, Halle Berry as Storm, and

James Marsden as Cyclops; Rebecca Romjin-Stamos as Mystique, Ray Park as the Toad,

and Tyler Mane as Sabretooth are the minions of Magneto. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie

Guide

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X2: X-Men United

When a failed assassination attempt occurs on the President's (Cotter Smith) life

by the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), it's Professor Xavier

(Patrick Stewart) and his School for Gifted Youngsters who are targeted for the

crime. While Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Storm (Halle Berry) try and locate the

assassin, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Xavier (also known as 'Professor X') seek

answers from their old foe Magneto (Ian McKellan) in his glass cell...Little do

they know they're walking into a trap set by the villainous William Stryker (Brian

Cox), a mysterious governmental figure that figures into Wolverine's (Hugh

Jackman) secretive past, along with information about the X-Men's operation,

supplied by Magneto through a mind-controlling agent. Meanwhile Wolverine, just

home from a failed mission to regain his memory, is in charge of the students when

a crack-commando team led by Stryker infiltrates the school by order of the

President. With a mansion full of young, powerful mutants and the ferocious

Wolverine in babysitter mode, can he defend the school against the one man who can

answer his questions? What roles do the sinister Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)

and Lady Deathstrike (Kelly Hu) have in all of this? Why does Stryker want

Professor X and his Cerebro machine? With the war between humanity and mutants

escalating to extremes, can the rest of the X-Men trust their old foes to help

them? Director Bryan Singer returns and raises the stakes in this sequel to the

highly lauded 2000 adaptation of Marvel Comics' X-Men. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie

Guide

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X-Men: The Last Stand

The explosive X-Men motion picture trilogy officially draws to a close with this

release that finds Rush Hour director Brett Ratner stepping in for Bryan Singer to

tell the tale of a newly discovered mutant "cure," and the polarizing effect it

has on mutant/man relations. With the pressure on mutants to give up their powers

and pledge alliance with the human race reaching a critical turning point,

Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) urges tolerance and understanding as

his nemesis Magneto (Ian McKellen) gathers a powerful resistance in preparation

for the ultimate war against humankind. Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin,

and James Marsden return to reprise the roles they played in the previous two X-

Men films, with Kelsey Grammer and Vinnie Jones joining the cast as Beast and

Juggernaut respectively. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

The gruff, adamantium-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in

this X-Men spin-off starring series regular Hugh Jackman. The story gets under way

as the boy who will become Wolverine makes a shocking discovery about his family

bloodline, and gains a brother in the process. Flash forward to find the mutant

siblings battling side by side through two world wars and Vietnam -- where they

are sentenced to death for killing a commanding officer -- and Logan (Hugh

Jackman) and his brother, Victor Creed (aka Sabretooth, played by Liev Schreiber),

have joined a top-secret government task force. When their targets begin to

include innocent civilians, conscientious Logan escapes to the Canadian Rockies,

where he builds a home with pretty schoolteacher Kayla Silverfox (Lynn Collins).

Informed by his old commanding officer William Stryker (Danny Huston) that the

members of his old team are being targeted for death, Logan is heartbroken when

Victor finds and kills Kayla. Vowing revenge, Logan agrees to take part in a

dangerous experiment that will fuse his bones with a powerful metal alloy called

adamantium, which makes him virtually indestructible and gives him the strength

needed to defeat his powerful brother. Subsequently betrayed by Stryker, Logan

(now Wolverine) sets out to find his blood-lusting brother and stop the cycle of

violence once and for all. Along the way, the temperamental hero is joined by

fellow mutants John Wraith (Will.i.Am) and Remy LeBeau (aka Gambit, played by

Taylor Kitsch). But before Wolverine can seek vengeance against Striker and his

brother, he'll have to do battle with Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) a formidable mutant

instilled with many powers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide