X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston

Director: Gavin Hood

Genre: thriller, sf, fantasy

Like fellow 2009 superhero release Watchmen, Wolverine is that rare
comic book film which almost appears inevitably more likely to please
audiences that are not fans of the source material. However, unlike
Watchmen, which adhered so closely to its source material that a
falling short by comparison proved inescapable, Wolverine's inevitable
backlash of fan outrage stems from its flagrant disregard for its
source material. The film casually mutilates and re-writes the comic
book context of its source material with the cold disdain of its
protagonist, hacking one of the most genuinely compelling, subversive
and horrifying superhero back-stories into the worst kind of safe,
familiar, PG rated commercial dross. All of Wolverine's compelling
comic book edginess is distilled into a flaccid script which forgoes
exhilaration for only occasionally impressive fight/chase/explosion
scenes, complexity for eye-rolling cheese and broad humour, and story
cohesion for an attempt to cram in far too much subject matter and
avoid the true dramatic meat of the sto…

Trailer X-Men Origins: Wolverine