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Grove, Martin A. (April 11, 2003). "Fox's X2 marks spot as presummer starts May 2". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007 . Retrieved April 15, 2007.Jensen, Jeff (May 8, 2003). "Why X2 is the perfect movie adaptation". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018 . Retrieved March 29, 2018. a b c d Worley, Rob (October 23, 2002). " X-Men 2[first of two Worley articles of this title]". (Comics2 Film column; third item down) Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015 . Retrieved February 18, 2008. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Mystique: Magneto's shapeshifting henchwoman, Mystique is blue, covered in scales, and acts as a spy. She injects a prison guard with metal, with which Magneto makes his escape, and also sexually tempts Wolverine. Romijn's makeup previously took nine hours to apply during the filming of X-Men, but the make-up department was able to bring it down to six hours for X2. [10]

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a b c "X2: X-Men United (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007 . Retrieved March 6, 2008. Kelly Hu as Yuriko Oyama / Deathstrike: A female mutant who has a healing ability like Wolverine's and is controlled by Stryker. She wields long adamantium fingernails. Only her first name is mentioned in dialogue.The X-Men 2 panel". JoBlo. July 30, 2002. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008 . Retrieved March 12, 2008. Turan, Kenneth (May 2, 2003). " X2 might get its claws in you". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019 . Retrieved June 6, 2019. The film premiered in London on April 24, 2003, and then had the widest release ever, opening on May 2, 2003, in 93 markets, on 7,316 screens overseas and in 3,741 theaters in the United States and Canada. [48] [49] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] Corliss, Richard (April 27, 2003). "Pumping Up For The Sequel". Time. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005 . Retrieved March 6, 2008. X2 – X-Men United (Widescreen Edition)". DVD Talk. November 25, 2003. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018 . Retrieved August 24, 2015.