X-MEN ORIGINS: Wolverine

01st May '09 by Andy

Hopefully the start to a magnificent franchise, it certainly begins on a high - Wolverine has everything that the X-MEN trilogy should have offered up, don't get me wrong, X-MEN 2 is a superb film, and 1 is good, while 3 was merely a decision to put in as many special effects and forego a story - why?

Back to my original positive point, Wolverine, its a fantastic combination of gripping story line, stunning special effects, and truly believeable acting (given the universe in which they live). The only minor down point is Gambit who needed to be a lot more sullen, witty and faithful to the comic. The fight sequences between Wolverine and Sabretooth are awesome but still not unbelievable, and the story arc they have chosen is a perfect forerunner to X-MEN 2. You absolutely have to see this film if you have any interest in comic book based films.

In other film news:

"the only things certain in life is that every odd-numbered 'Star Trek' movie is s**t" - Tim [Spaced]
After watching the trailers; I'd be inclined to say that this may be the film to buck the trend, fingers crossed on this one.