Unfortunately, the special effects vary from impressive to embarrassing, and some additional trimming at the story level might have helped elevate the metallurgical rating to steel status.
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X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009)
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Reviews Counted:247
Fresh:90
Rotten:157
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Though Hugh Jackman gives his all, he can't help X-Men Origins: Wolverine overcome a cliche-ridden script and familiar narrative.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Theatrical Release: May 1, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $179.7M
Synopsis: Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately... [More]
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins
Director: Gavin Hood
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REVIEWS FOR X-MEN ORIGINS - WOLVERINE
Despite the film’s necessarily lengthy exposition, Wolverine’s back-story seems thinner and less compelling than the Logan-heavy, previous X-Men films had hinted at.
Jul 7, 2010
It is not as good as the second X-Men film but it is on par with the first and an improvement over the third.
Jul 7, 2010
Entertainingly testosterone-fueled.
Jul 7, 2010
You're going to be really underwhelmed.
Jul 7, 2010
It’s just too bad a movie sharp enough to rip through flesh and helicopter blades and nuclear-reactor smokestack walls has to feel so disappointingly dull.
Jul 7, 2010
You won't be upset you saw it, you'll have some fun, you'll see Wolvie beat the living hell out of a helicopter.
Jul 7, 2010
Top CriticWhile Wolverine contains several nice fight scenes and a couple of enjoyable action sequences, one can’t help but feel that it thoroughly wastes Jackman.
Jul 7, 2010
Reported to be the one thing missing in-part from the leaked workprint, sadly many of the special effects in X-Men Origins: Wolverine are somewhat sub-standard.
Apr 15, 2010
The serious tone established by Bryan Singer in 2000's X-Men is almost completely obliterated, reducing the film to the level of any another by-the-numbers franchise entry.
Dec 11, 2009
Hey, it won't win any awards but it does the trick...
Oct 9, 2009
Packed with claw-shredding action and adventure, the film more or less delivers what it promises. The problem lies with what it promises.
Sep 23, 2009
It's funny how much I'll forgive just to watch Jackman play this raging mutant again.
Sep 21, 2009
Though well-choreographed, the action sequences simply don't look as good as one would expect from a tent-pole summer release.
Aug 30, 2009
Hugh Jackman's animal magnetism is palpable in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." He's more sexy than he has ever been in the past X-Men films, and the movie shows him in bizarre bromance relationships with other mutant freaks as well as a very intimate and most
Aug 18, 2009
Is there anything to enjoy in X-men Origins: Wolverine? Sure. Some of the fights are cool. But for every solid moment there is an equivalent of pure suck.
Aug 11, 2009
Wolverine is big, dumb fun, a popcorn movie if ever there was one. And it's probably the only movie this summer to feature a superhero whose most dazzling talent seems to be shuffling a deck of cards.
Jun 11, 2009
There is no shame in being a crowd pleaser, and Jackman and Schreiber deliver the snarling, sibling goods and make the film thoroughly enjoyable, if not memorable.
Jun 10, 2009
If you've never seen an X-Men film you will enjoy Wolverine. If you are familiar with the X-Men franchise then go for the action, special effects and Hugh Jackman.
Jun 10, 2009
For pure stupidity, nothing tops the scene in which a mutant falls at a descending rate so as to prolong the showing off of its long-since unimpressive superpower.
May 29, 2009
LATEST NEWS FOR X-MEN ORIGINS - WOLVERINE
March 5, 2010:
Wolverine Sequel Starts Filming in January
Snikt! "Wolverine 2" has a completed sequel that will send Logan to Japan. Filming is scheduled to begin in January.
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January 13, 2010:
The Adventures of the Wolverine Leaker
For many of us, the kerfuffle that erupted around the early online leak of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has been mostly forgotten -- but for Gilberto Sanchez, the man who leaked it, the drama isn't over...
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October 15, 2009:
Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film
Len Wein is a living legend. Whilst not known around the globe like Stan Lee, mention his name to any comic book aficionado and they'll kneel down and say things like 'we're not worthy'. Wein has been...
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October 14, 2009:
Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel
South African Gavin Hood directed the Oscar-winning Tsotsi but has also knocked about Hollywood, acted in over a dozen movies and, following his political thriller Rendition, got the nod to helm the...
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September 18, 2009:
Does X-Men: First Class Have Its Cyclops?
Did Tim Pocock just deliver a casting scoop, or did he goof up? Either way, he says he's playing Cyclops in the "X-Men: First Class" movie.
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