The Wolverine
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
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- Cast:
- Hugh Jackman , Tao Okamoto , Rila Fukushima , Hal Yamanouchi , Hiroyuki Sanada , Svetlana Khodchenkova , Will Yun Lee
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This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
I rented this movie from my local library and while I was a little skeptical (considering X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which I hadn't seen but I heard was bad), it didn't disappoint. We get more Wolverine action while he travels through Japan, plus lots of Yakuza fighting and beautiful scenery in the land of the rising sun. We even got the Silver Samurai. The nearly all-Japanese cast didn't hurt either. And considering I'm interested in Japanese culture, especially their pop culture, this really delivered. It sure outdid X3 and gave Wolverine his own movie in an exotic land. I don't remember a lot but I did enjoy this. It's probably good for a single viewing. Maybe two if you're big on Wolverine. But I was satisfied.
Though the final confrontation does get a little silly (no doubt caused by studio interference), this small-scale story features some of the best action in the series, by using less wire-work and keeping it mostly practical, as well as a more realistic tone. Jackman also turns in what was perhaps his best work as the character up until this point. The story is appropriately tragic and was, at the time of its release, arguably the closest the character came to being 'comic accurate' on the big-screen, sans yellow suit (aside from its deleted scene, of course.) You can really see what they were going for here and when it works, it really works. The 'Unleashed Extended Edition' on Blu-Ray adds a lot to the experience, with additional blood and violence bringing the violence closer to the original intent. It does feel like a lite version of 'Logan (2017)', but in no way reaches the quality of that, while still being tethered to the studio's idea of what a commercially viable 'X-men' film 'should' be. It's an entertaining and interesting film, all the way until it's rather clunky and disappointing finale, but it still remains leagues better than the eponymous hero's first solo outing and is, I think, a little underrated. 8/10
I love knowing that Hugh Jackman isn't wolverine anymore so to watch him in action still is something of nostalgia to me so I moved the film although I don't really like 20th fox movies but don't hate them, I still enjoy wolverine. He should have had 10 more films. Especially rated R. This film was showing blood but not guts but it didn't hesitate to show. Blood.
Review (1~5)#Content: Script 3 | Acting 4 | Cinematography 4 | Film Editing 4#Visual: Costume Design 4 | Makeup & Hairstyling 4 | Scenic Design 4 | Lighting 4 | Visual Effects 5#Sound: Score & Soundtracks 4 | Sound Editing & Mixing 4#Overall (1~10): 6