X-Men Origins - Wolverine details
| Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Liev Schreiber, Aaron Jeffery, Dominic Monaghan, Hugh Jackman, Lynn Collins, Danny Huston, Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Henney |
| Director: | Gavin Hood |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Westerns, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Fantasy - General |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | 100 Most Wanted, Best of 2009, Top 400 All-Time Rentals, Top from 2009 |
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X-Men Origins - Wolverine |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 43 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 19 Oct 2009 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
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An improvement on The Last Stand
By Ben4King (14 reviews) from London , 01 May 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
An improvement on The Last Stand
After Brett Ratner's dire The Last Stand fumbled the ball, Wolverine arrives with the future of the X-Men franchise resting on its shoulders. The result, something nowhere near Singers classy X2, yet just about good enough to be worth seeing.
Not being well versed in comic book lore, its tricky for me to judge its respect to the source material however Hugh Jackman is reliable (and hairy) as ever, even if he is hamstrung by a grumpy vengeance storyline, that forces him to be a moody git for most of the running time. Its much more fun to watch him making flippant quips and chomping cigars, but those moments are few and far between. Liev Schreiber's great as an unhinged (and even more hairy) Sabretooth, Dominic Monaghan's Bolt is interesting but sadly underused and I didn't think there would ever come a time that I would say this, but Ryan Reynolds is actually funny. I know, its shocking!
There are too many other cameos to list here and at times it just feels like watching a fan service conveyor-belt. Several potentially interesting people come and go without ever being explored and the wider context of a fragile, paranoid society on the brink of a culture war between mutants and humans, is not touched on at all. Its a straight action-revenge story that inspires no mulling of the bigger issues whatsoever.
It does at least all hang together. Its helps that it is bookended by a pulsating opening sequence that jumps between several historic battlefields and has a satisfyingly epic finale that neatly ties in with the first X-Men movie. I guess I was just hoping I might be able to engage my brain a little bit.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(308)Good ideas, badly handled
By AnnekaHannah (6 reviews) , 22 Jan 2013THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Surprisingly and disappointingly average
By MickeyMouse3000 (299 reviews) from Dorset, England , 06 Jul 2012Being a huge fan of X-men 1 & 2, I was desperately hoping this would live up to them. Or at least as good as X-men 3 or First Class - both still great movies but not in the same league as the first two. Unfortunately, this is the worst of the lot. I guess I've been spoilt by the previous movies, but this is just an average saturday night movie. There are too many dumb ideas, dumb moments and daft looking poses and acrobatics. I love fantasy but there were several bits in this that were so far-fetched they were just ridiculous. The whole thing had a real lack in quality control and even the superb Hugh Jackman as Wolverine couldn't save it. I wouldn't call it rubbish - it is still a decent enough movie for a bit of light entertainment, but it pales in comparison to X-men 2 and I'm really disappointed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Really enjoyed it!
By Tilly29 (16 reviews) , 06 Jul 2012Really enjoyed this film, love wolverine as it is so thought I would give it a go. I would definitely recommend this film to a friend.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Can't believe i hadn't watched this sooner!!!
By Reado (7 reviews) , 23 Jun 2012THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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wolverine
By a customer from secret , 22 Mar 2012Well worth watching and I would recommend to anyone- Was this review helpful to you?
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