Inception vs X2
Inception has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7/10 for X2). X2 is the shorter watch at 2h 13m compared with 2h 28m. X2 is the older of the two (2003 against 2010). Both are action, adventure, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Inception
X2| Inception | X2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 28m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christopher Nolan | Bryan Singer |
| Main cast | Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Michael Caine, Leonardo DiCaprio | Anna Paquin, Aaron Stanford, Patrick Stewart, Shawn Ashmore, Halle Berry |
Synopsis
Inception
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
X2
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.