Pjtaylor-96-138044 Though the final confrontation does get a little silly (no doubt caused by studio interference), this small-scale story features some of the best action in the series, by using less wire-work and keeping it mostly practical, as well as a more realistic tone. Jackman also turns in what was perhaps his best work as the character up until this point. The story is appropriately tragic and was, at the time of its release, arguably the closest the character came to being 'comic accurate' on the big-screen, sans yellow suit (aside from its deleted scene, of course.) You can really see what they were going for here and when it works, it really works. The 'Unleashed Extended Edition' on Blu-Ray adds a lot to the experience, with additional blood and violence bringing the violence closer to the original intent. It does feel like a lite version of 'Logan (2017)', but in no way reaches the quality of that, while still being tethered to the studio's idea of what a commercially viable 'X-men' film 'should' be. It's an entertaining and interesting film, all the way until it's rather clunky and disappointing finale, but it still remains leagues better than the eponymous hero's first solo outing and is, I think, a little underrated. 8/10

bespokesuiting This show must have been written for a Japanese audience or something very strange. "Wolverine" is not an X-Man. He is some pathetic imitation of the real character. There are no identifiable aspects to the X-Men franchise. The "plot" is so insane that only the most stodgy coprophagous clown would have given it the "ok" for film development. Some Japanese guy "Wolverine" allegedly met once during WWII when he was a prisoner of war (--hint, Wolverine would not have been a prisoner of war; he would have destroyed all moral foes without blinking--) sends a little annoying girl to "get" him from a drunken pity-party so that he (--the now old and dying Japanese guy--) can say "farewell." And "Wolverine" agrees????? Are you joking. And the plot only gets worse from that point forward. Perhaps this trash was intended for Millennials kids that wouldn't know any better. However, the very worst "cartoon" from the 1990's or the 2000's "Evolution" school this pile of facial material. It does not deserve the name "Wolverine." It does not deserve to be affiliated with X-Men. The only thing worse is probably "Logan," the biggest loser of them all. See "Dark Night" for how a comic book can be turned into a successful film. Or see the "Superman II" (1980). That is how it is done. Dump this trash in the bin of LOSERS forever.

Richank Dubey The movie was going good and would've gotten 8 stars from me if its third act was consistent with rest of the movie.Performances were fine.The camera-work and score was really good and the action was fun.There were some average acting at times though.It was an enjoyable affair overall and definitely worth seeing.

EBJ Plot Overview: Decades after he saved a man during Nagasaki, Logan(Hugh Jackman) is approached by Yukio(Rila Fukushima), who takes him to Tokyo to bid farewell to an old friend.Directed by James MangoldStarring ​Hugh Jackman, Tao Okomato and Svetlana Khodchenkova.# NO SPOILERSOverall: This movie has good action, reasonable performances and was good fun... up until the last 15 minutes which were awful. The movie was reasonably entertaining and much better than Origins but then again the movie needed to be watchable to one up its predecessor. Some fans of the previous movies may be annoyed with the blatant ignoring of the previous movies' events and some comic book fans won't be pleased with the changes to certain aspects of lore. In conclusion, the movie has a great performance from Jackman, some good fun, entertaining action and a fresh setting for the superhero genre.The types of people who will like this movie will be fans of Wolverine, people who were disappointed by Origins and probably just comic book/action fans in general.Would Recommend.# POSSIBLE SPOILERS!Hugh Jackman was great as Wolverine and you can tell he actually cared about this movie unlike in Origins. Tao Okomato was good as Mariko Yashida as was Rila Fukushima as as Yukio. The romance between Mariko and Logan felt so forced and unnecessary. Svetlana Khodchenkova was the modern day equivalent of Uma Thurman's 'Poison Ivy': that's not a compliment. Both Hal Yamanouchi and Lex Lang were both pretty weak as The Silver Samurai. Both Viper and The Silver Samurai were pretty weak villains and didn't stand out or were even that memorable. The setting for this movie was so fresh and interesting and was a brilliant idea to set a Superhero movie somewhere other than America. Both the overall story and the ending were pretty weak.I really liked the cinematography in this movie.The effects were decent.The first 1hr and 30min of this movie were awesome and was just hugely enjoyable. The last 10-20 minutes, not so much. Most of the action was excellent and was just fun to watch. It's also the same old Logan we came to know and love in the Bryan Singer X-Men.The final confrontation were it turned into TRANSFORMERS was absolutely awful and took away from the film. The music was very weak.Personally, I loved the first 1hr 40mins in this movie and hated the rest of it.7/10