The Wolverine, the
latest in Marvel’s X-Men film series was scattered at times and difficult to
follow, but overall a decent chapter in the immortal life of the series main
character Logan (played by Hugh Jackman).
Taking place after the events of X-Men III: X-Men United, we find Logan
living in exile somewhere in rural America, emerging from his cave hideout in
the woods only to get supplies when he needs them. Shaggy and unkempt, Logan has forsaken the
name of “Wolverine” and has put his past with the X-Men behind him. Still feeling an immense sense of guilt after
having killed his love Jean Gray, Logan is plagued by nightmares night after
night and has begun to question whether he still has reason to live at all. Trapped by his own immortality it seems that
Logan is destined to live in a perpetual purgatory plagued by his own
past. That is until he meets an
unexpected Japanese girl named Yukio who has come at the request of her master
Yashida, a man whom Logan saved from the destruction of the second atomic bomb
dropped on Nagasaki. As his dying
request, Yashida asks that Logan come to Japan so that he can thank him one last
time. As it turns out, Yashida is the
owner of the largest, most powerful tech company in Japan and has much more
planned for Logan than expected. I won’t
go any further into the mystery that develops but Logan finds himself once again
as the Wolverine fighting to save not only himself but also Yashida’s
granddaughter Mariko from a brutal death.
My only real complaint with the film is that it took too long to get to
the point. We don’t find out what the
villains motives are until the final 15 minutes of the film and that makes the
other 90 minutes and change difficult to follow as you continuously find
yourself asking “why?” That being said,
the introduction of a few new mutants and some incredible martial arts fighting
makes this not only a great action movie, but an entertaining and logical
chapter in the X-Men saga.
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