X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
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Parents need to know that The Wolverine is a fascinating look at the iconic X-Men character and how his past intersects with his present. It's a bleak journey that's often punctuated with violence -- the action scenes are ferocious and vicious, with weapons (guns, knives, arrows, claws, and more),…
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- X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There are bad movies, and then there's whatever they made out of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Just look at that title. If it doesn't scream "you're overthinking this," then what does?
- X-Men: The Last Stand. The conclusion to the original X-Men trilogy is bad, so overstuffed, and so undercooked, it almost killed a franchise even Magneto couldn't bring down.
- X-Men: First Class. If brevity is the soul of wit, then Wolverine takes the brief cake in X-Men: First Class, showing up to deliver one memorable line and then disappear for the rest of the movie.
- X-Men: Days of Future Past. Wolverine can be such a tortured character, fretting about his failing memory and lost loves, it's fun when he gets the chance to just loosen up for a minute.
Overall: If you're watching it as an action flick, yes it's a good movie. If you're a fan of the Wolverine character and actually know something about this storyline, you'll be quite disappointed, just like the last X-Men. Still, it's fun to watch.
- Hugh Jackman brings us the Wolverine movie we've always wanted.
- Verdict
By Scott Collura
Posted: Jul 19, 2013 12:34 am
With his return to the title role of The Wolverine for the sixth time (with a seventh film now shooting), Hugh Jackman has proven that there's plenty of life left in the most famous X-Man. Unburdened by the type of reservations or fears that some other filmmakers and actors seem to have about the comic-book characters they're adapting, Jackman once again goes full in, embracing the Logan that fans first fell in love with in the pages of the X-Men. The result is, finally, the Wolverine movie we've always wanted.
Director James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line) and his screenwriters smartly avoid the clutter of mutants and other pitfalls of the character's first solo film, creating a tale that is equal parts inspired by a classic storyline from the comics, a continuation of the X-Men film series, and a separate adventure all its own. Much like the character himself, The Wolverine is lean, mean, and fun.
Interestingly enough, the film serves as a quasi-sequel to the last of the "original" X-Men films, The Last Stand, which came out all the way back in 2006. When we first meet him here, Logan is living like a hermit in the Canadian wild, with the closest thing he has to a friend apparently being the grizzly with whom he uneasily shares the area. Wolverine is mourning the loss of Jean Grey, the X-Men teammate who he loved -- and was forced to kill in that earlier film -- and he has cut himself off from the world rather than have to face more loss.
(Famke Janssen, as Phoenix-like as ever, appears to Logan throughout the story -- as a dream, a ghost, or something else entirely perhaps -- as he struggles with the guilt of what he did.)
The Wolverine is a standalone adventure for the classic character that reminds us that there's more to this genre than universe-building and crossovers. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottIGN, on IGN at scottcollura and on Facebook.
Jul 26, 2013 · Directed By: James Mangold. Written By: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank. The Wolverine. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 46 Critic Reviews. 61. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 1,155 User Ratings. 6.8. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($3.99) All Watch Options. View All. Hugh Jackman. Logan.
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Jul 25, 2013 · The movie features that excellent Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who gave a performance to treasure in Yoji Yamada's The Twilight Samurai (2002) – but is wasted here in a minor, bad guy role ...
User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. The Wolverine. 2013. PG-13. 2h 6m. IMDb RATING. 6.7 /10. 492K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 605. 37. Play trailer 2:41. 32 Videos. 99+ Photos. Action Sci-Fi. Wolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.
