: The film explores how "mutancy" is only as frightening or destabilizing as society interprets it to be, presenting the mutant community as a unique space for those who exist outside "stultifying conformity narratives."

X2 places significant focus on Wolverine’s quest for identity, finally linking his past to the Weapon X program run by Stryker. However, it is Jean Grey whose arc provides the film’s emotional climax.

: With their leader captured and their sanctuary compromised, the X-Men must team up with Magneto and Mystique to infiltrate Stryker’s base at Alkali Lake. Themes of Identity and Prejudice