Haunted by the death of Jean Grey, Logan has run off into the wilderness where he lives before he gets swept up by a mysterious Japanese girl, who happens to work with a former captor from when Logan was held a prisoner in Nagasaki the day the atomic bomb was dropped. That soldier has requested his presence because he wished to relieve Logan of the pain of living forever and exchange for him to live forever as Logan would live a mortal life. When the soldier mysteriously dies, a group of Yakuza henchmen swooped in during the funeral and kidnapped the soldier's granddaughter. Or at least try to as Logan swooped in to save the day, which he paid the price for.
Suddenly Wolverine's healing powers do not work. Every shot, every stab, every punch slowed him down. Meanwhile, he and Mariko, the soldier's granddaughter, traveled south from Tokyo to Nagasaki, where he was once held prisoner, where they will be safe. Throughout the movie, Logan struggles to get over Jean Grey's death, though the nightmares he encounters keep getting worse.
Eventually, the Yakuza caught up and capture Mariko, so Logan has no choice but to go after them. He has also found out that the soldier's son, Singen, was the one who put a hit out on Mariko, his daughter, because it is said that the grandfather left in his will everything to her.
What's more unsettling was that a mysterious Jennifer Lawrence-like character is sneaking around, with her viper tongue and venomous spit, that it turns out she was working for the soldier who turns out to still be alive, as it is a common Marvel trait. A special suit made of adamantium was keeping him alive until he has Logan cornered, his claws cut, and he was drilling out Logan's blood into his own until Mariko picked up Logan severed claws and threw them like knives into her grandfather and killed him.
Mariko has gone on to lead the company, that she at first resented, and Logan went back to who-knows-where because the movie really didn't give us an answer on that; he just said he wanted to go up as he got into the plane. There is an end credit scene set two years later, as Logan is going through airport security he noticed that the metal around him was being manipulated and turns around to find that Magneto is behind him. Magneto froze the metal in his body causing him to not move. The last time we saw Magneto was without his powers as the cure was injected into his chest. Another major surprise is that Professor X made an appearance. Last time we saw him was when Jean Grey disintegrated him and the last movie as well, and then he was in the end credits scene in that one, stating he was alive. Logan asked the same question everyone had on their minds when they saw this, including me. How was it possible? And all Xavier could give us was that Logan was not the only one with extraordinary gifts. Does that mean Xavier can reassemble himself after being obliterated from a rage infested siren that Logan had to kill in order to save humanity? And how come Magneto has powers again?
I remember this movie coming out and I believe the trailers made it look like Logan was going to learn the samurai especially since the soldier that Logan once saved called him a samurai. A ronin, if you will, a samurai without a master. I saw none of that in this movie and I am disappointed. All it is is just another 2½-hour action fest watching Logan slice up a couple people, hang onto bullet trains, and take two dozen arrows to the back. It's nice to see that he was able to get over the death of Jean Grey, but it makes me wonder...
I've always wondered why Wolverine was only able to get his own movies. I know he is a respected icon, everyone loves him, everyone loves Hugh Jackman playing him. I know the X-Men Origins story is a bust after seeing the very first one, but that doesn't mean the others don't deserve their own origin stories. Especially since there's too many of them; at least give them a show.
I hope you liked this. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment about what you thought or if you want to recommend a movie for me to review. Thank you for reading. I'll return on Friday with another movie. See you then.
Released On: July 26, 2013
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Famke Janssen
Director: James Mangold
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 71%
IMDb Score: 6.7/10
Awards
Saturn Awards
Videos
CinemaSins - Everything Wrong With The Wolverine in 11 Minutes or Less
Suddenly Wolverine's healing powers do not work. Every shot, every stab, every punch slowed him down. Meanwhile, he and Mariko, the soldier's granddaughter, traveled south from Tokyo to Nagasaki, where he was once held prisoner, where they will be safe. Throughout the movie, Logan struggles to get over Jean Grey's death, though the nightmares he encounters keep getting worse.
Eventually, the Yakuza caught up and capture Mariko, so Logan has no choice but to go after them. He has also found out that the soldier's son, Singen, was the one who put a hit out on Mariko, his daughter, because it is said that the grandfather left in his will everything to her.
What's more unsettling was that a mysterious Jennifer Lawrence-like character is sneaking around, with her viper tongue and venomous spit, that it turns out she was working for the soldier who turns out to still be alive, as it is a common Marvel trait. A special suit made of adamantium was keeping him alive until he has Logan cornered, his claws cut, and he was drilling out Logan's blood into his own until Mariko picked up Logan severed claws and threw them like knives into her grandfather and killed him.
Mariko has gone on to lead the company, that she at first resented, and Logan went back to who-knows-where because the movie really didn't give us an answer on that; he just said he wanted to go up as he got into the plane. There is an end credit scene set two years later, as Logan is going through airport security he noticed that the metal around him was being manipulated and turns around to find that Magneto is behind him. Magneto froze the metal in his body causing him to not move. The last time we saw Magneto was without his powers as the cure was injected into his chest. Another major surprise is that Professor X made an appearance. Last time we saw him was when Jean Grey disintegrated him and the last movie as well, and then he was in the end credits scene in that one, stating he was alive. Logan asked the same question everyone had on their minds when they saw this, including me. How was it possible? And all Xavier could give us was that Logan was not the only one with extraordinary gifts. Does that mean Xavier can reassemble himself after being obliterated from a rage infested siren that Logan had to kill in order to save humanity? And how come Magneto has powers again?
I remember this movie coming out and I believe the trailers made it look like Logan was going to learn the samurai especially since the soldier that Logan once saved called him a samurai. A ronin, if you will, a samurai without a master. I saw none of that in this movie and I am disappointed. All it is is just another 2½-hour action fest watching Logan slice up a couple people, hang onto bullet trains, and take two dozen arrows to the back. It's nice to see that he was able to get over the death of Jean Grey, but it makes me wonder...
I've always wondered why Wolverine was only able to get his own movies. I know he is a respected icon, everyone loves him, everyone loves Hugh Jackman playing him. I know the X-Men Origins story is a bust after seeing the very first one, but that doesn't mean the others don't deserve their own origin stories. Especially since there's too many of them; at least give them a show.
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I hope you liked this. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment about what you thought or if you want to recommend a movie for me to review. Thank you for reading. I'll return on Friday with another movie. See you then.
Released On: July 26, 2013
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Famke Janssen
Director: James Mangold
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 71%
IMDb Score: 6.7/10
Awards
Saturn Awards
- Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture - Nominated
Videos
CinemaSins - Everything Wrong With The Wolverine in 11 Minutes or Less
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