In X-MEN: ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, the first and no doubt, not the last of the X-MEN spin off movies we are told the story of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and his relationship with his brother, Victor Creed / Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber) who eventually betrays him a by killing his girlfriend and Wolverine to seek revenge. He joins a special military unit called 'Weapon X' led by Colonel Stryker (Danny Huston) which finally leads to him obtaining his famous adamantium claws.
The most talked about elements of the movie before it hit theatres was that there were productions problems and that there had been re-shoots with Ryan Reynolds so Deadpool could get more movie time. It's fair to say that since the movie has come out talk of the Deadpool scenes have now over shadowed the movie itself with the fanboys unhappy with the changes made to the character. Chances are, if you're just a normal everyday movie goer then you will be no the wiser and this wont deter from your movie experience.
It's easy to mistake X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE as a X-MEN prequel as there as so many different mutants involved in the movie. The reason for this being quite obvious is that if the movie is a success then it may spawn countless more spin-offs. We've already heard of a MAGNETO movie and rumours continue to grow about separate DEADPOOL and GAMBIT movies so it's no big shock they've done this.
When all is said and done X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE is passable as a no brainer action movie which will kill some time and offer another glimpse into the X-MEN world. It's by no means a DARK KNIGHT or IRON MAN but its way better than some of the poor marvel movies like DAREDEVIL and SPIDER-MAN 3. If nothing else it's worth checking out for all you action junkies out there.
Date: 03/05/2009 Rating: 3/5
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