The Wolverine - Starring Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Brian Tee, Hal Yamanouchi, Famke Janssen. Written by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank. Directed by James Mangold.
I declare The Wolverine the best superhero movie of the summer.
It doesn't feature the widespread destruction that Man of Steel does, nor does it suffer from overdoing action scenes. Iron Man 3 is pretty good, but The Wolverine feels fresher, since this story seems to be different than how we've seen Wolverine before. This time around, Wolverine is in Japan, an interesting place for him to be. It's interesting to see the juxtaposition of the rugged and rule-breaking Wolverine with the honor-bound culture of the samurai. This film also explores Wolverine's struggle with immortality and his guilt over Jean Grey's death.
The problem that this film has, though, is that despite really developing the character of Wolverine, none of the villains are developed. They seem just like the standard villains in superhero movies. But in the X-Men franchise, which features Magneto who is a dynamic villain with good and bad qualities and also a reasonable motive to do what he does, the villains need to have more to them.
But overall, thankfully, this film more than redeems the terribleness that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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