Thursday, May 7, 2009
Being a prequel to the previously released X-Men trilogy, X-Men Origins: Wolverine held it’s own. Not only are audiences privy to new mutants not previously discussed in the first three films, but non comic book readers (like myself) get to see how Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, became the man/beast that he is.
Wolverine’s story begins when he was a boy living in Canada at the turn of the century. Through familial disturbances, he teams up with his half-brother Victor (who eventually become Sabretooth) and they become inseparable up until the 1970s after the Vietnam War. Shortly after, they are introduced to their own kind via Stryker, who naturally has an ulterior motive.
Between love, suspense and action, Origins proves to be the beginning of a new wave of X-Men movies. Bridging the past with the present, the movie deals with unanswered questions (such as why doesn’t Logan remember his past?) and leaves more to be answered.
I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to see this movie. They do an excellent job matching the younger versions of Stryker and Scott Summers to their older counterparts and there’s even some romance for the girls and some bloody suspenseful action for the boys.
And just a word of advice: Stay to the end of the credits—who knows what you will see?!
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