X-Men Origins: Wolverine REVIEW

I saw the movie on Saturday. *cough*cough* Don't ask, don't tell concept applies. Anyways.. moving on.

Which was your favorite X-Men movie? If your answer was X-Men III: Last Stand (what is wrong with you??! J/K!), then this movie might be up your alley. If you are like me, however, and prefer the earlier 2 movies in the trilogy directed by Bryan Singer, then you might find this movie a tad disappointing. Don't get me wrong. It's still pretty awesome as far as action movies go but if you're a fan of the original comic series, you'll be left with this gaping, unfulfilled feeling in your gut.

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First of all, there is so many double crossings done that 'blink and you'll miss' the latest conspiracy. Oh, and Logan has a half-brother (in case you didn't know), Victor Creed, who will be known later as Sabertooth even though we did not see a continuation of this in the first X-Men movie, but I digress.

For the next five minutes, approximately, and through the opening credits we see the 2 brothers in various wars over the years (civil war, Normandy invasion - *waves to Tom Hanks passing by in the background trying to save Ryan's privates*, etc). We notice how both the brothers just don't die no matter how they are stabbed or shot. Oh, his half-brother heals too! Go figure.

Next scene we see a bunch of mutants on a plane to do some dark government mission. We are first introduced to Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool), Barnell Bohusk (a.k.a. Beak), David North (a.k.a. Agent Zero) and Frederick J. Dukes (a.k.a. The Blob, pre-Blob at this point in the movie). If you're a fan of any of these characters, cherish this moment. They hardly ever show up for the rest of the movie.

After a sorry excuse of an argument later, Logan walks off into the night. Little did he know that that would be the trigger for the disbandment of the team.

Now, what's a man who can heal and have retractable claws would do for a living when not running around in yellow spandex? Become a lumberjack, of course! Without getting into too much details (I mean, literally, this was not explained in the movie at all), Logan is nicely shacked up with a hot brunette, Kayla. Tsk. We just know that she is going to die so that Logan can "become the animal," don't we?

Kayla dies. He goes on a path to become a beast, including to accept Stryker's offer. The procedure looks really painful. I will never complain about going the dentist again! Stryker wanted to erase his memories, unleashing the animal within. Oh, I forgot to mention that he got new dog tags, did I? Silly me. Apparently it has something to do with the stories his deceased girlfriend told him about a wolf and the moon.

To cut a long and unnecessarily complex story short, Wolverine returned to the island with the only mutant to have ever escaped the facility, Remy LeBeau (a.k.a. Gambit). Turns out that his dead girlfriend isn't dead after all and was involved with The Conspiracy from the beginning. This plot sounds vaguely familiar. Hmmmm.

An epic battle between Wolverine and Weapon XI ensues. Very twilight zone, the weapon I mean.

2 things about the ending got me excited.

1 - Cameo by Professor Xavier, minus wheelchair. I am still smarting over the fact the killed him in The Last Stand just to make room for Storm too be the new principal. Just because Jean-Luc does not look as good in a bikini!

2 - Ah, so that's how he lost his memories. Adamantium bullets. Very well explained.

Go catch the movie in theaters this April 29th people and let me know what you think. Unless of course, you've already seen it too *wink*wink*nudge*nudge*