X-Men Origins: Wolverine

 X-Men Origins – Wolverine 2009

• Director: Gavin Hood
• Seen by this director: Eye in the Sky, Ender’s Game, Tsotsi
• Based on the Marvel comic
• Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston, Will.i.am, Lynn Collins, Julia Blake, Max Cullen
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman, X-Men etc, Chappie, Les Misérables, Australia, The Fountain, Kate & Leopold
• Liev Schreiber – The Fifth Wave, The Butler, Mental, Every Day, Repo Men Taking Woodstock, Defiance, Taking Woodstock, Hamlet
• Ryan Reynolds – Life, Woman in Gold, Fireflies in the Garden, Life during Wartime
• Danny Huston – Wonder Woman, Robin Hood, Children of Men, The Constant Gardener, The Aviator, 21 Grams
• Will.i.am – Be Cool
• Lynn Collins – Angels Crest, The Lake House, The Merchant of Venice
• Max Cullen – The Great Gatsby, Australia, December Boys, Jindabyne, Running on Empty
• Why? The X-Men, of course
• Seen: 18 September 2021.      

       Two brothers, Jimmy (Jackman) and Victor (Schreiber) are killed in every American war since the Civil War. But they never die. They come back. Again and again.

       They are finally recruited by the Special Forces. As in special powers. Jimmy is sickened by their violence and Victor’s increasing sadism and walks away.

       He lives with his love, schoolteacher Kayla (Collins), in a mountain retreat and works as a lumberjack in Canada

       Victor finds them. Jimmy Logan becomes Wolverine.

       I’ve always had a soft spot for Logan. Now you might have to say that I’m in love with him. Don’t tell my husband.

       So maybe my judgement is slightly cloudy. Reason tells me this isn’t a 5* film. And oh yeah. One thing. It’s way to macho. And just a tad too violent. So only

 

4* of 5. (Hal says 2* but he’s probably just jealous.)