Title: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Genre: Action/Adventure/Science Fiction

Rating: Pg -13

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Will.i.am, Danny Huston, Liev Schreiber

Stars: 31/2 out of 5

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a prequel that comes after three X-Men movies have already been released. This movie shows the audience the past of one of their favorite mutants.

In the first X-Men film, Wolverine is a character sho is unsure what he believes and can't remember his past. His power is the ability to heal. In addition, he has three dagger-like "claws" he can extend from lhis hands at will and his entire skeleton is reinforced by a special metal due to a procedure paid for, as usual, by our taxpayer dollars.

The movie opens when Wolverine is a kid, sick in bed, before the Civil War. After seeing his father killed, he stabs the man who shot him, only to find out that the man he killed was his real father. Running away from home, his brother, Victor, catches up with him and they agree to look out for each other. After fighting in several wars together, both brothers are recruited by a man in the military named Stryker. Stryker adds them to a team to steal a precious metal from a poor African country. Tired of the killing, Wolverine leaves the team before the mission is complete. He finds a quiet life, working as a logger and living with a schoolteacher he's fallen in love with. He's unable to escape his past, however, when Victor begins killing other members of the team. Wolverine then agrees to undergo a procedure at the urging of Stryker to make him powerful enough to destroy his brother, who virtually equal in strength. Near the end of the movie, Wolverine loses his memory.

While this film does answer most of the questions fans have about Wolverine's past, the character is simply not as easy to relate to. In Origins, Wolverine is portrayed as more of a cold killer than a confused mutant who isn't quite sure what side he's on. The character portrayed in this movie is so different from what's portrayed in the original movie that I found most of the film difficult to enjoy, though I had high expectations. However, I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoyed the other X-Men movies and is curious about the character of Wolverine. While I didn't enjoy most of the movie, it did staisfy my curiosity and didn't leave me feeling like my questions hadn't really been answered. This movie is not for anyone who doesn't enjoy watching fight scenes or hates movies about mutants.

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