The Wolverine is THE Wolverine movie fans have craved. Director James Mangold takes the elements of the classic Chris Claremont story to let Hugh Jackman give his best performance yet as the fan favorite X-Man.
Logan is mourning the loss of Jean Grey (after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand) living as a loner in the woods, renouncing violence and haunted by dreams of his painful past. Logan is drawn out of isolation to reunite with the man who’s life he once saved. The young soldier is now a billionaire on the edge of death and he wants to give Logan the “gift” of death – a chance to end his eternal suffering and become a normal man.
It’s not mutant powers that make Logan an extraordinary man as he is pulled into the twisted family plots and counterplots of Clan Yashida and Yakuza. With his healing powers failing him, Logan tries to save the woman who’s given him to a new purpose.
This film is a tour-de-force for Hugh Jackman in a powerful performance pushing the characters physical and emotional limits. From dream sequences with Jean (Famke Janssen) to Jason Bourne style action sequences and sword fights Jackman is in top form.
I loved how the filmmakers evolved the comic book elements. The actresses playing Yukio and Mariko were perfection. Some comic fans may not agree but I enjoyed the mutating of Viper and the big twist with the Silver Samurai.
Jackman and Mangold have created a complex, entertaining super hero movie that’s a cut above! Stay for the best post-credit scene that will have you cheering and counting the days until X-Men: Days of Future Past.
By Editor