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X-cellent FX: particle systems help the marvelous mutants of X2: X-Men United show their stuff. (CG Superheroes).
Opening to a record-breaking box office of $155 million internationally in its first weekend, 20th Century Fox's X2: X-Men United gave the summer movie season a welcome kick-start.
With the audience having already met the cast, director Bryan Singer took the opportunity to concentrate on the character's abilities and relationships in this sequel. Still, X2 is a more classic translation of comic book to film than The Hulk. It's an exaggeration, but not a huge one, to think of the effects in The Hulk as happening to the main character, himself an effect, causing him to think and feel and act in particular ways. On the other hand, the effects shots in X2--all 850 or ...
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