X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Genre: Action/ Adventure

Language: English

Director: Gavin Hood (Rendition)

Cast: Hugh Jackman (Australia), Liev Schreiber (Defiance), Danny Huston, Ryan Reynolds(Definitely, Maybe)

Runtime: 108 min

Plot:

In this prequel to the successful X-Men franchise, Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) lives a mutant life, and struggles to unlock the secrets to his past. Set in the 1960s and 70s, the movie portrays Wolverine’s hunt for revenge against the villain responsible for the death of his girlfriend. Logan will ultimately take his search even further when he learns the full truth of his origin, while also heading in a bold, new direction.

Watched the movie on 30 April night @ GV Vivo with Sylvia.

I'm not a X-Men fan though, the is my 2nd X-men film. Thus as a general public point of view, the movie is full of actions and special effects. It tells how Wolverine became un-destroyable by going through the mutant Weapon X program, and the main man of all the mutants.

As this is supposed to be the prequel of X-Men, the story bring us all back to the last century, for which Wolverine and Sabertooth serve the country by fighting wars. As they don't die, they just keep fighting different wars, probably from American Civil War to World War I to World War II to maybe even the Vietnam War since I couldn't tell the timeline from the different uniforms they wore.

Good thing is, it has romance, betrayal, vengeance, action, a touch of immortality... All the good elements are there in the right doses. However, the only flaw I want to point out is, age is really catches up with all human. One day after I watched Wolverine, I saw an interview of Hugh Jackman on TV for his role as Wolverine in The Last Stand. He looked slightly younger, lesser wrinkles on his face. Thus the imperfectness occurs. Luckily Harry Porter is shot gradually as those kids grown up. Else the characters will probably be portrayed by different actors in order to be convincing.

ah-deng says: 3½ / 5 I think I may have missed the 2nd post credits scenes... if I read correctly.