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X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Wolverine. It is the fourth installment of the X-Men film series, the first installment of the Wolverine trilogy within the series, and a spin-off/prequel to X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003).
- $150 million
May 1, 2009 · A 2009 action film starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, who seeks revenge for his lover's death and joins a secret program to enhance his powers. Critics and audiences give mixed reviews, citing cliche script, familiar narrative, and unfinished effects.
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- Gavin Hood
- PG-13
- Hugh Jackman
May 1, 2009 · Learn about the mysterious origins of Wolverine, his violent past, his relationship with Sabretooth, and his involvement with the Weapon X program. Watch the action thriller starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, and more on Disney+.
- Gavin Hood
- Hugh Jackman
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- Cast
- Appearances
- Trivia
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This pulse-pounding action thriller sinks razor-sharp adamantium claws into the mysterious origins of Logan/Wolverine: his epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed/Sabretooth, and the ominous Weapon X program that unleashes his primal fury. Along the way, Wolverine also encounters legendary new mutants, includi...
In 1845 in North-Western Territory, British North America, young James Howlett sees his father John Howlett killed by his friend Victor Creed's father, Thomas Logan. In an act of vengeance, James kills the elder Logan using bone claws which have grown out of his hands due to the stress of the incident. With his dying breath, Logan tells James that he is also his son. James runs out of the house, followed by Victor, who finds him and promises his younger brother that he'll look out for him. James and Victor run away, pursued by a torch-wielding mob.
In the years that follow, adult brothers James and Victor are seen fighting together in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and eventually the Vietnam War with their respective regenerative powers keeping them from being killed or aging. James is forced to act as a check on Victor's increasing rage and ferocity. In Vietnam, Victor kills a superior officer after being stopped from attempting to kill a girl, and James and Victor are sentenced to death by firing squad, though their unique regenerative abilities keep them alive.
Major William Stryker approaches the two mutants and offers them membership in a team he was putting together which would be Team X. The team consists of mutants Fred Dukes, possesses super strength and invulnerability; John Wraith, who can teleport; Chris Bradley, a.k.a. Bolt, who can control electricity; expert marksman Agent Zero; and mercenary Wade Wilson, an amazing swordsman who never stops talking. The brothers soon join the group.
During one mission, the team invades the headquarters of a diamond trafficking operation in Lagos, Nigeria, to retrieve a meteorite. Afterwards, Stryker and the team brutally interrogate people from a nearby village to learn where the meteorite was found. James is disgusted by the murders committed by his teammates and abandons the group.
Six years afterward, James—now going by his biological father's surname, Logan—is a lumberjack living with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox. Meanwhile, Victor hunts down and murders Bradley, who works at a carnival; Victor mentions that Wade is already dead. Stryker locates Logan and claims that someone is killing members of the now-disbanded team. Stryker asks Logan for help, but is refused. Shortly after, Silverfox is murdered by Victor. Wolverine hunts down his half-brother, but is easily defeated. Stryker once again asks Logan for help, and Logan agrees. Stryker has Logan's skeletal system reinforced with adamantium, a virtually indestructible metal retrieved from the meteorite found by Team X. Before the procedure, Logan asks for his new dog tags to say "Wolverine," a reference to a story that Kayla told him. After the procedure, Stryker orders Wolverine's memory to be erased, but Wolverine overhears this and flees. Stryker orders Agent Zero to hunt him down and take his head off.
An elderly couple, Travis and Heather Hudson, see Wolverine—who escaped in the buff—enter their barn. They're wary but welcoming, giving him food and clothing, including a leather jacket of their son's—and their son's motorcycle. However, the next morning, Zero finds the house and shoots Travis and Heather dead, then turns his attention to Wolverine. Wolverine takes out several HMMWVs, a helicopter and Zero himself, telling Stryker over Zero's radio, that he'll hunt him down. Wolverine locates former associates John Wraith and Fred Dukes (who is now massively obese from a guilt-driven eating disorder), seeking to learn the location of Stryker's new laboratory. Wolverine learns the disbanded team had been capturing young mutants for Stryker. One of them, Remy LeBeau, also known as Gambit, escaped the island laboratory and knows its location. Dukes tells Logan that his brother Victor is actually working for Stryker, capturing and killing mutants for him. Meanwhile, Stryker captures a teenaged Scott Summers with Victor's aid.
•Hugh Jackman as James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine
•Troye Sivan as young Wolverine
•Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed
•Michael James Olsen as young Victor Creed
•Danny Huston as William Stryker
•Will.i.am as John Wraith
Locations
•New Orleans, Louisiana •Las Vegas, Nevada •Harrisburg, Pennsylvania •Three Mile Island •Normandy, France •Vietnam •Lagos, Nigeria •Alkali Lake, Alberta, Canada •Canadian Rockies •Japan •Springfield, Ohio
Organizations
•United States Armed Forces •Team X •Weapon X •Federal Bureau of Investigation
Items
•Adamantium •Wolverine's Dog Tag •Gambit's Bo - Staff
•Gambit , Cyclops , and Emma Silverfox were the only credited prisoners of Striker's Island. However, fans have speculated who the other prisoners might be: Quicksilver (white-haired boy who violently thrashes in his cage while bound by elastic straps), Banshee or Chamber (teen with tape over his mouth), Toad (a boy with an amphibious tongue), Psylocke (an East Asian girl with blue and purple streaks in her hair), Whirlwind (young man spinning as a tornado in his cage, however, other fans believe this to be Riptide ), Ice Princess (South Asian girl seen frozen in her cage).
•In the flashback to Africa, a young black girl with white hair can be seen. This is the young Ororo Monroe (Storm), the future X-Men member. This scene was removed from the final cut, but appears as a deleted scene in the DVD.
•Many comic book fans were unhappy with the way Deadpool was treated in this movie, including Ryan Reynolds himself.
•This is the first time Gambit appears in an X-Men franchise movie. He was planned to make appearances in the previous movies, but was always cut out.
•The old couple Logan befriends are named Travis and Heather Hudson. These are the civilian names of Guardian and Vindicator, the leaders of the Canadian superhero group Alpha Flight (in the comics however Guardian's name is James MacDonald Hudson); this represents their role in the comics, where they had befriended Wolverine and he had become a member of Alpha Flight for some time.
•Although a link has been established between Logan and Victor in the comics, this is the first time they've been connected as brothers.
1.X-Men Origins: Wolverine – 20th Century Fox (retrieved from the Wayback Machine)
Learn about the early years of James Logan, a mutant with bone claws and regenerative abilities, and his rivalry with his half-brother Victor Creed. See how he joins a special forces team, undergoes an Adamantium procedure, and faces his enemies in this 2009 action film.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first chapter in the X-Men saga, unites Wolverine with several other legends of the X-Men universe, in an epic revolution that pits the mutants against powerful forces determined to eliminate them. Duration: 1h 48m. Release Date: 2009.
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the 2009 superhero film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
