When I first heard that Fox would be releasing another solo Wolverine movie, I figured that the only reason for it would be as an apology for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Even if Fox's intentions weren't to please the fans but instead to just make some easy cash, we still have a new solo Wolverine movie whether we asked for it or not.
In The Wolverine, Logan is reunited with an old friend who gives him the opportunity to become mortal so he can live a normal life and die happy. And through a series of events this ends up happening. When I saw the first trailer, I wasn't impressed. Nothing really jumped out at me to convince me to watch this. After watching it I have never been more wrong about a movie before.
This is definitely the most different of all the X-Men films and one of the most different Marvel movies because it is surprisingly dramatic. This is completely unlike the first Wolverine movie because The Wolverine was personal, dramatic and serious while X-Men Origins: Wolverine was cheesy and goofy. You could tell that the people making this actually cared about it. And I gotta say that I cared about what happened to the characters! Up until the last 20 minutes, the film was mainly dialogue based. With the exception of a ridiculously awesome fight scene on a train, the action was grounded in reality for the most part. The entire film takes place in Japan and the Japanese culture was captured so beautifully. It was incredibly immersive.
All of the actors were fantastic. Hugh Jackman goes without saying because he really is Wolverine. He shall be Wolverine even when he gets too old to play the role. I forgot to mention this earlier but in the film, Logan has to serve as a bodyguard to a girl. I really enjoyed their scenes together. They had great chemistry together and their dialogue was interesting. I really liked the character of the girl he has to protect. The girl is played by Tao Okamoto and she might be one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. I kid you not. See it for yourself if you don't believe me.
The only big issues I had with the film were that the last 20 minutes felt completely different from the rest of the movie. You knew where it was going and was rather cliche. Even though the final act had the most action, it wasn't the most interesting to me. I was more interested in the relationship between Logan and Mariko, the girl he was protecting. Another issue was the villain. The villain is a mutant named Viper but when I was watching her, everything reminded me of Poison Ivy from Batman & Robin. And that's never a good thing. Stan Lee also didn't make a cameo. It makes sense why he didn't because since the film takes place in Japan, he would stick out like a sore thumb!
P.S: Whatever you do, do not leave when the credits start. There is an extra scene that will tell you about the next film, X-Men: Days of Future Past. Don't miss it!
Final Report: The Wolverine is more or less the solo Wolverine movie that we have been asking and waiting for. Even though this isn't perfect, it makes X-Men Origins: Wolverine look like Batman & Robin!
Upcoming Review News: Starting on Monday, I will review all of the previous X-Men movies. Those films being X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men: First Class. So if you aren't an X-Men fan, I apologize because next week will be nothing but X-Men!
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