Short Review: The Wolverine 2013

Short Review: The Wolverine 2013

This movie may not impress many X-Men movie fans because there were just two notable mutants other than Wolverine-Yukio and Viper/Dr. Green. Here, Yukio’s mutant talent is rather covered by here extreme martial art performance. The Second reason for putting a low impression on viewers is the Japan connection of Wolverine. Those who only see the movies of X-Men series but not read the original comic series tend to believe that’s mutants must be billed from West[how ridiculous].

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From My point of view, I have read and see some cartoon series of Wolverine story based in Japan, may be this is the only reason for me to expect to see how Wolverine’s Japan adventures would be pictured in Cinema. Those who never read X-Men comics rarely know that before Professor X recruited Logan as X-Man, Wolverine had a notable events and adventures in Japan, alone as a key character.

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Directed by    : James Mangold

Starring          : Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan

                       Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida

                       Rila Fukushima as Yukio

                       Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper/ Dr. Gree

                       Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada

                       Haruhiko Yamanouchi as Yashida/Silver Samurai

                       Famke Janssen as Jean Grey

Running time:   126 Minutes.

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For the first time Wolverine is experiencing that his healing power is not working, Viper intoxicated him, which is the key factor of the story. Yashida has focused on Logan’s super healing power to live for some more days. Constant tormenting by hallucinations of Jean Grey, makes me bore sometimes. I like the twist of selecting villain. I could not guess, Yashida revealing as the mastermind villain in the mask of Silver Samurai at Climax. Cameo appearance of Professor X and Megneto in the mid credit scene is a surprise for me. Good to know that they foresee and give hint about “Days of Future Past”.

I am a fan of X-Men Characters; thus, I expect some new mutants who are not showed in past X-Men Series. More new mutants could exhilarate the story also bring some twisted moments for viewers. Hugh Jackman starred Logan’s Character brilliantly as he did in past movies.

Story runs in a good pace, to keep the story a move, script writers does not bring out the marriage between Logan and Marigo Yashida, as we see in comic.

Though this movie does not use “X-Men” in title, and said to be a separate movie out of X-Men Franchise, to me- this movie is filling the gap between “X-Men: The Last Stand”  and “X-Men: Days of  Future Past”.