Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( /ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at the age of ten. Following his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In 2004 he appeared in the science-fiction film The Day After Tomorrow, portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005). The same year his role as Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He has since played the lead roles in many notable films, including Zodiac (2007), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Source Code (2011).
Gyllenhaal has promoted various political and social causes. He has appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, promoted environmental causes, and campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American film actress, musician and former model.
Russo was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Shirley (née Balocca), a factory worker and barmaid, and Nino Russo, a sculptor and car mechanic who left the family when Rene was two. Her father and maternal grandfather were of Italian descent. Russo grew up with her sister, Toni, and their single mother. She attended Burroughs High School (where her classmates included director Ron Howard), but eventually dropped out in the tenth grade. To help her family, she began taking a variety of part-time jobs including working in an eyeglass factory, and as a movie cashier.
Russo started a modelling career after allegedly being spotted at a 1972 Rolling Stones concert by John Crosby, an agent from International Creative Management. With his encouragement, Russo applied to, and was signed by, Ford Modeling Agency, and went on to appear in magazine covers for Vogue, Mademoiselle, and Cosmopolitan, as well as advertisements for perfume and cosmetics.
For mutants, abstinence is the best policy....
Plot
Several months have passed since The X-Men defeated Magneto and imprisoned him in a seemingly impregnable plastic chamber. One day, a mutant by the name of Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and attempts to assassinate the president, setting off a chain reaction of anti-mutant measures by the government. Meanwhile, Logan is trying to discover his past. As scientist named William Stryker discovers Professor X's secret school and Cerebro, Magneto's partner, Mystique, is planning to break her leader out of prison. But when Professor X's school is attacked by Stryker's forces, Logan, Rogue, Iceman and a few are lucky to escape. Those who remain meet in Boston, where they form an uneasy alliance with Magneto to stop Stryker and rescue Professor X.
Keywords: 2000s, abandoned-church, absorbing-power, acceptance, action-hero, allegory, amnesia, anti-hero, assassin, assassination-attempt
The time has come for those who are different to stand united
Get ready for the return of the Evolution
Evolution Continues.
The ones we fear most, will be all that can save us... again.
In this world wide conspiracy the only thing you can count on... Is the X factor.
First, they were fighting for acceptance. Now, they're battling for survival.
X-Men United
[during the attack on the mansion]::Colossus: I can help you.::Wolverine: [Motioning to the children] Help them!
[about Mystique]::Wolverine: She's good.::Magneto: You have no idea.
Wolverine: Got any beer?::Bobby: This is a school.::Wolverine: So that's a "no"?::Bobby: Yeah, that's a "no."::Wolverine: Got anything other than chocolate milk?
Nightcrawler: You know, outside the circus, most people were afraid of me. But I didn't hate them. I pitied them. Do you know why? Because most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.::Storm: Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago.::Nightcrawler: Someone so beautiful should not be so angry.::Storm: Sometimes anger can help you survive.::Nightcrawler: So can faith.
Mrs. Madeline Drake: [to Bobby] Have you ever tried... not being a mutant?
Rogue: Logan, come on. Let's go.::Wolverine: Go, I'll be fine!::Rogue: But we won't.
Pyro: I'm driving.::Wolverine: Maybe next time.
Wolverine: Who's this guy?::Rogue: This is Bobby, he's my...::Bobby: I'm her boyfriend.::[shakes Logan's hand and freezes it]::Bobby: Call me Iceman.::Wolverine: Boyfriend? So how do you guys...?::Bobby: Well, we're still working on that.
Professor X: William.::William Stryker: Please, Xavier, don't get up. [electronic static] I call it the neural inhibitor. It keeps you outta here.::Professor X: What have you done with Scott?::William Stryker: Don't worry. I'm just giving him a little reeducation. Of course, you know all about that, don't you?::Professor X: William, you wanted me to cure your son. But mutation is not a disease.::William Stryker: You're lying. You were more frightened of him than I was. You know, just one year after Jason returned from your school... my wife - you see he resented us. He blamed us for his condition. So he would toy with our minds... projecting visions and scenarios into our brains. Well, my wife, in the end... she took a power drill to her left temple in an attempt to bore the images out. My boy, the great illusionist. [crackling]::Professor X: For someone who hates mutants... you certainly keep some strange company.::William Stryker: Oh, they serve their purpose... as long as they can be controlled.::Professor X: You arranged the attack on the president.::William Stryker: You didn't even have to read my mind. You know, I've been working with mutants as long as you have, Xavier... but the most frustrating thing I've learned is that nobody really knows how many even exist or how to find them - except you. Unfortunately this little potion won't work on you, will it? You're much too powerful for that. Instead we'll go right to the source. Allow me to introduce mutant 143. The fluid secreted by his brain acts as a mind-controlling agent. [machinery hissing] But that's only where it begins.::Professor X: Jason. Oh, my God, William. This is your son. What have you done to him?::William Stryker: No, Charles! My son is dead... just like the rest of you. [hissing continues, Xavier gasps]
Magneto: Charles Xavier. Have you come to rescue me?::Professor X: Sorry, Eric. Not today.::Magneto: To what do I owe the pleasure?::Professor X: The assassination attempt on the president. What do you know about it?::Magneto: Nothing. Only what I read in the papers. You really shouldn't have to ask, Charles.::Professor X: What's happened to you?::Magneto: I've had frequent visits from William Stryker. You remember him, don't you?::Professor X: William Stryker.::Magneto: His son, Jason, was once a student of yours, wasn't he?::Professor X: Yes. Years ago. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to help him... at least not in the way his father wanted.::Magneto: And now you think that taking in the Wolverine will make up for your failure with Stryker's son. You haven't told him about his past, have you?::Professor X: I've put him on the path. Logan's mind is still fragile.::Magneto: Is it? Or are you afraid of losing one of your precious X-men... old friend?::Professor X: Eric, what have you done?::Magneto: I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it.::Professor X: What have you told Stryker?::Magneto: [sighs] Everything. [gas emits] The war has begun.::Professor X: Scott!::Magneto: You should've killed me when you had the chance!
Snorted salvation
Methamphetamine inhilation
An army of skeletal
Zombies looking for a fix
Survival of the sick
Sometimes it's pain
Sometimes it's hollow
Never the same
It'll change you tomorrow
The sadness
Doesn't matter when it's gone
Girl in a red dress
Passes you by
A hurried deception
Glean to her eye
Like the weather will not hurt her
When she's wrong
You say you feel all broke and discarded
What's on your mind, baby?
You know you'll get on well
Once you've started
Over again
This day is alive
This day is alive
This day is alive
Take another chance if a turn for disaster
Is the best thing for you
Oh, the difference is the lies
I've told are true
Do not tell your father
The thoughts you've been thinking
They'll burn him too long
After all it's the dream that holds up the sun
Yeah, you want to have something that's real
Well, give it some time, baby
You're all wrapped up in the words
You're repeating over again
This day is alive
This day is alive
This day is alive
So now you tell me
What you're gonna do to me
You got a lot on your mind, baby
You go so much that'll get through to me
Without telling me lies
You say you wanna stand up for something, alright...
What's on your mind, baby
Oh, you could stand here for nothing
Or start it again
Start it again
This day is alive
This day is alive
This day is alive
Look straight ahead in the distance oh yeah there's a nightcrawler
You'd better move quick, don't you know she's a night stalker
Look straight ahead in the distance oh yeah there's a nightcrawler
Yeah you'd better move quick, don't you know she's a night stalker
She'll take away all the love that you feel, she'll want to suck up and steal
She wants to look around town with her wicked eye, but we'll love and come real
She'll try to cover herself in the underground, she thinks she's got it locked down
But take it from me she's so lonely
Look straight ahead in the distance
Yes there's a nightcrawler walking with her fist clenched, but raise up
And feed her some happiness
And before you know it she'll be smiling with some love
And yes, allright now let me tell you what we're trying to suggest:
Once again, Rebelution on a loving quest
Tell her to look at the ocean when the sun sets
And then put out our hands for the unfortunate
Allright pick up the slack from the wickedness
Straigh up clean up your manners and your etiquette
Look straight ahead in the distance, oh yeah there's a nightcrawler
Yeah you'd better move quick, don't you know she's a night stalker
Look straight ahead in the distance, oh yeah there's a nightcrawler
Yeah you'd better move quick, don't you know she's a night stalker
Late night, 3 in the morning yeah, you can hear her footsteps one after the other and...
Nobody ever seen her talk back, nobody ever seen her walking on the right track
Tell me do you know where your soul is?
You glitter but the gold's up in the night's mist, and it's crawling up on ya
How many people in this house tonight feelin' that sense of aggravation on a lonely night
Look straight ahead in the distance
Yes there's a nightcrawler walking with her fist clenched, now raise up
And feed her some happiness
And before you know it she'll be smiling with some love
And yes, allright now let me tell you what we're trying to suggest
Once again, Rebelution on a loving quest
Tell her to look at the ocean when the sun sets
And put out our hands for the unfortunate allright
And pick up the slack from the wickedness
Straigh up clean up your manners and your etiquette allright
Look straight ahead in the distance, oh yeah there's a nightcrawler
Yeah you'd better move quick, don't you know she's a night stalker
Look straight ahead in the distance, oh yeah there's a nightcrawler
HOWLING WINDS ARE SCREAMING ROUND
AND THE RAIN COMES POURING DOWN
DOORS ARE LOCKED AND BOLTED DOWN
AS THE THING CRAWLS IN YOUR TOWN
STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL ONE OF A KIND
STALKING HIS VICTIMS DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU
NIGHTCRAWLER BEWARE THE BEAST IN BLACK
NIGHTCRAWLER YOU KNOW IT`S COMING BACK
SANCTUARY IS BEING SOUGHT
WHISPERED PRAYERS A LAST RESORT
HOMING IN IT`S CRY DISTORT
TERROR STRUCK THEY KNOW TEY`RE CAUGHT
AS NIGHT IS FALLING THE END IS DRAWING NEAR
THEY`LL HEAR THE LAST RITES ECHO ON THE WIND
HUDDLED IN THE CELLAR FEAR CAUGHT IN THEIR EYES
DARING NOT TO MOVE OR BREATH AS THE CREATURE CRIES
FINGERNAILS START SCRATCHING ON THE OUTSIDE WALLS
CLAWING AT THE WINDOWS "COME TO ME" IT CALLES
ATHMOSPHERE`S ELECTRIC AND IT NOW DESCENDS THE STAIRS
HIDING IN THE DARKNESS IS SO FUTILE TO IT`S GLARE
DEATH COMES IN AN INSTANT AS THEY HOPED IT WOULD
SOULS ASCEND TO HEAVEN WHILE IT FEASTS OF FLESH AND BLOOD
NIGHTCRAWLER BEWARE THE BEAST IN BLACK
NIGHTCRAWLER YOU KNOW IT`S COMING BACK
NIGHTCRAWLER IT`S GONNA GET YOU
I'm a nightcrawler, I'm an animal and I don't care for the one who wants to save my soul
I'm a nightcrawler, I'm an animal and I'm the one who lives in the other side of your world X3
"He is coming…"
"What sort of evil is this?"
Don’t fear the dead
Fear the living
In this world there is no forgiving
You’ve got a date
With suicide
For your land and a rotten god
You fight
There will be no absolution
No final step of evolution
Are you a rebel?
Are you a queen?
Your soul is errant
Now wash it clean
Death dealer!
"You are asking me to help you kill my son - You, a
Death Dealer? How many innocents did you kill?"
Baptized with Blood
End up in crud
This is your way
Through the dirt and mud
Pain on your heart
Down the spine
This is what makes you
Stand in line
Death dealer!
"I don’t know what he has become, and he is my son"
With god you march
Side by side
Now you’ve got a date
With suicide
Death dealer!
Howling winds keep screaming round And the rain comes pouring down Doors are locked and bolted now As the thing crawls into town
Straight out of hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don’t look behind you
Nightcrawler Beware the beast in black Nightcrawler You know he’s coming back Nightcrawler
Sanctuary is being sought Whispered prayers a last resort Homing in its cry distorts Terror struck they know they’re caught
Straight out of hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don’t look behind you
Nightcrawler Beware the beast in black Nightcrawler You know he’s coming back Nightcrawler
As night is falling The end is drawing near They’ll hear Their last rites echo on the wind
Huddled in the cellar Fear caught in their eyes Daring not to move or breathe As the creature cries Fingernails start scratching On the outside wall Clawing at the windows Come to me it calls Atmospheres electric As it now descend the stairs
Hiding in the darkness Is so futile from its glare Death comes in an instant As they hoped it would Souls ascend to heaven While it feasts on flesh and blood
Straight out of hell One of a kind Stalking his victim Don’t look behind you
Howling winds keep screaming 'round
And the rain comes pouring down
Doors are locked and bolted now
As the thing crawls into town
[Chorus:]
Straight out of Hell
One of a kind
Stalking his victim
Don't look behind you
Nightcrawler
Beware the beast in black
Nightcrawler
You know he's coming back
Nightcrawler...
Sanctuary is being sought
Whispered prayers a last resort
Homing in its cry distorts
Terror struck they know they're caught
[Chorus]
As night is falling!
The end is drawing near!
They'll hear!
Their last rites echo on the wind...
"Huddled in the cellar
Fear caught in their eyes
Daring not to move or breathe
As the creature cries
Fingernails start scratching
On the outside wall
Clawing at the windows
'Come to me' it calls
Atmosphere's electric
As it now descends the stairs
Hiding in the darkness
Is so futile from its glare
Death comes in an instant
As they hoped it would
Souls ascend to heaven
While it feasts on flesh and blood!"
[Chorus x2]
Beware the beast...
Nightcrawler...