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X-Men 2
Directed by Bryan Singer, X-Men 2 (also known as X2: X-Men United, 2003) is widely regarded as the finest film in the original X-Men trilogy. Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) must join forces against mutantophobic militarist William Stryker (Brian Cox), who raids Xavier's school and seeks to use the Professor's mind against every mutant on Earth. The film opens with the extraordinary White House attack by Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) and builds to a devastating climax at Stryker's dam facility.
The production shifted from Toronto to Vancouver, British Columbia, and brought a new grandeur to Xavier's mansion by relocating it to the spectacular Hatley Castle on Vancouver Island.
Location(s)
X-Men 2 was filmed primarily around Vancouver, British Columbia, with Stryker's underground lair built at the enormous Mammoth Studios facility in the city.
Hatley Castle, Royal Roads University, Colwood, Vancouver Island
Professor Xavier's school in "Westchester, New York" moved west for the sequel — it is now Hatley Castle on the campus of Royal Roads University in Colwood, a magnificent 1908 castle on Vancouver Island accessible by ferry from Vancouver or by flying to nearby Victoria. The Castle has since appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand, Deadpool, and numerous television productions. Map Location
St Andrew's-Wesley Church, 1012 Nelson Street, Vancouver
Jean Grey and Storm track Nightcrawler to a church in "Boston" — actually the beautiful St Andrew's-Wesley Church at Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver. The same church reappears in X-Men: The Last Stand for the mutant community meeting. Map Location
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis, Alberta
The snowbound "Alkali Lake" dam — the film's dramatic final location where Jean Grey makes her ultimate sacrifice — is situated between Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park near Kananaskis, Alberta. The same stunning landscape appeared in Brokeback Mountain. Map Location
Mammoth Studios (former Sears warehouse), Vancouver
William Stryker's vast underground lair was constructed at Mammoth Studios, a former Sears department store and warehouse in Vancouver, which at the time boasted the largest soundstage in North America. Map Location
Director
Bryan Singer
Cast
Patrick Stewart
Ian McKellen
Hugh Jackman
Brian Cox
Alan Cumming
Famke Janssen
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