Movie of the Week: The Wolverine
Jul. 31st, 2013 07:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaceyA thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours in the company of Hugh Jackman as the iconioc (Marvel) X-Men character, Wolverine. Set after his final run-in with Jean Grey, Wolverine is haunted by the events in X-Men three and as the movie opens has taken himself into the wilds to live alone. Yukio (Rila Fukushima) catches up with him to deliver a message, an old Japanese man Wolverine Saved from the Hiroshima bombing wants to repay hisdebt before he dies. But all is not as it seems.
The action mostly takes place in Japan and sees Wolverine facing deadly enemies stripped of his invulnerability and pushed to physical and emotional limits.
Hugh Jackman delivers his usual good performance despite the terrible whiskers. (Yes, I know they're in the comic book!) There's a good supporting cast, particularly Fukushima, with Famke Janssen putting in a guest appearance as the ghost of Jean Grey.
It's a long movie but fast paced and well worth watching.
The action mostly takes place in Japan and sees Wolverine facing deadly enemies stripped of his invulnerability and pushed to physical and emotional limits.
Hugh Jackman delivers his usual good performance despite the terrible whiskers. (Yes, I know they're in the comic book!) There's a good supporting cast, particularly Fukushima, with Famke Janssen putting in a guest appearance as the ghost of Jean Grey.
It's a long movie but fast paced and well worth watching.
