Probably one of the most anticipated movies to top the list for this year’s movie list; Wolverine: Origins doesn’t disappoint. Marvel comes back after the pause of three years since X-Men 3: The Last Stand to serve up the origin of everyone’s favourite X-Men: Wolverine.
The movie explores the origin of Wolverine right down from his childhood – skip a century – to perhaps some ten to seventeen years before the first X-Men movie. This fills in the gap of holes many question in the X-Men movies of Wolverine’s past such as how he got the adamantium claws being the most popular, and perhaps the relationship between Sabertooth and Wolverine which was lightly (if not even) touched in the first movie which actually runs deep and complex.
Character development for Wolverine was done well here and it is without doubt that Hugh Jackman’s acting really brings out the character to life. This can be said mainly for the other cast as well, Victor Creed/Liev Schreiber for one. Other than that, there isn’t much to be said of the rest of them since majority of the limelight is stolen by Hugh Jackman’s adept acting.
Plot-wise, it flows along smoothly – Keeping the viewers on a constant flow. The fights (for us men) and maybe the men actors (for women) are maybe an eye-candy we look forward to in this movie. I’ve only one complaint and it is how they changed the concept of Deadpool towards the end of the movie. Disappointing.
Other than that, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is well worth watching and is a great entry to 2009’s summer blockbusters.
