X-Men Movie Review: Mutants Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) are friends. But when fascist US senator Kelly calls for the registration of all those with abnormal powers, they don’t see eye to eye. Xavier runs an academy for superhumans he calls his X-Men. He wishes to enlighten non-mutants and break down the prejudices which divide them. However Magneto believes that the only solution is for the mutants to take over. Logan (Hugh Jackman), a loner with the ability to heal his body of any wound, and teenager Rogue (Anna Paquin), can absorb the life force of others simply by touching them, join his academy. But it isn’t long before Magneto’s followers are attempting to capture them so that they can assist in his plan for world domination.