"Do you even know how to kill me?" Victor aka Sabre tooth
"I'm going to cut your freaking head off !" Logan aka Wolverine
He is considered one of Marvel Comics greatest characters and definitely one there most prominent, when I first heard they were shooting a Wolverine prequel film I was shocked like many others. Would they be able to pull it off? Where could they go with the story? Well after watching the film in theaters and again on DVD I have to say that the film delivers on the action front, even with atrocious CGI in the film, but overall the film served its aspiration- it was an origin film about the character Wolverine. But after watching it you feel like or at least I felt like I watched a film that was good but still futile.
The film which is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Hugh Jackman(James/Logan/Wolverine), Liev Shreiber(Victor /Sabretooth), Danny Huston(Colonel William Stryker), Will.i.am(John Wraith), Kevin Durand(Fred J. Dukes/Blob), Ryan Reynolds(Wade Wilson/Deadpool), Daniel Henney (Agent Zero), and Dominic Monaghan(Chris Bradley). The film starts out with a young boy named James and his brother Victor who we soon discover they aren't like other boys...MJ...lol,but they have special gifts and that gift is that they are mutants. As the story begins we are taken on journey with these two men who fight in numerous wars from the American Civil War, both World Wars and the Vietnam War and eventually they are both court-marshaled and sentenced to death by firing squad,but no worries they survive it -there mutants. This is one of the main reasons why when you watch the film your left ultimately with sense that wow great film, but still unavailing. But anyways back to the story the two men are recruited by Colonel Stryker to form a "special team" one without rules, a team of mutants but you definitely get a sense the arterial motives of Colonel Stryker.
Eventually Logan takes issue with what the team is doing and decides to leave the group abruptly. He tries to start a new life of his own,bu that is cut short and he's forced back into his former life and has to fight to the death to defeat those who have impugned him. The action in the film is great and there are interesting fight scenes in the film even though they have a monstrous feel to them, they are still entertaining and fun.
The story started out interesting but when it ended your are left wondering was that worth it, and I have to say yes and no actually. As a fan of this particular comic book character, yes- I loved the idea of a Wolverine origin story being brought to the big screen,but on the other hand no- I don't like the idea because as I stated earlier your left with a feeling like..."what's the point of this?". But the film ultimately served its purpose of giving us some background on the fictional character called Wolverine. My overall grade for this film C-
Randy Watson III, 10-05-2009
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