Product Description

Follows James Logan as he discovers his mutant powers and his half-brother Victor Creed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1606 in DVD
• Brand: Fox
• Released on: 2009-09-15
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 107 minutes

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Wolverine, fan favorite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant's story. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a super-secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth, played respectively by Hugh Jackman (returning to his role) and Liev Schreiber (new to the scene). It helps enormously to have Schreiber, an actor of brawny skills, as the showiest villain; the guy can put genuine menace into a vocal inflection or a shift of the eyes. Danny Huston is the sinister government operative whose experiments keep pullin' Wolverine back in, Lynn Collins is the woman who shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with our hero when he tries to drop out of the program, and Ryan Reynolds adds needed humor, at least for a while. The fast-paced early reels give an entertaining kick-off to the Wolverine saga, only to slow down when a proper plot must be put together--but isn't that perpetually the problem with origin stories? And despite a cool setting, the grand finale is a little hemmed in by certain plot essentials that must be in place for the sequels, which may be why characters do nonsensical things. So, this one is fun while it lasts, if you're not looking for a masterpiece, or an explanation for Wolverine's facial grooming. --Robert Horton

Stills from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Click for larger image)

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Customer Reviews

Rambo meets Superman in the land of the X-Men
X-Men Origins: Wolverine sheds light on events that took place prior to the original X-Men movie. The film takes us back to James "Jimmie" Logan's childhood where a very young Wolverine is forced to flee with his older brother following an unfortunate chain of events leading to the death of his father and stepfather. His troubles however, have only just begun...
Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least, however, there is a very noticeable absence of attractive women that we have become accustomed to in previous X-Men films (such as Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, and Rebecca Romijn among others).
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is very well written and very well presented, and thus allows for a highly entertaining movie that can be watched over again. The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the action, and the music are all good.
In short, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection. KEEP'EM COMING!

Enjoy your One Viewing.
The first act and opening credits of Wolverine are very strong, except for an uncomfortable, almost comical bit where a little boy runs around with claws. The Logan character, as played by Hugh Jackman is very well realized and easy to like - but the overblown plot around him is not going to make this movie watchable for generations. Hats off to Hugh Jackman for the performance - I paid to see the movie just his artistry more or less.

Just eat your popcorn and enjoy the ride since it's not one you're likely to revisit.

SPOILER: The Uncanny Valley is breached in the final scene when Professor Xavier (represented by the lost digital rights of Patrick Stewart) shows up looking like a broken Disney Animatronic. It's horrible. They should have cut that!

Has nothing to do with comic book accuracy
If you're looking for a movie adaptation of the origins and overall tragedy that is Wolverine then you have to wait until they make that movie. This movie is very,very,very inaccurate of Wolverine's history. I would say they got 10% right and the other 90% they made up on the spot... I suppose if you have no knowledge of wolverines history then this film might be acceptable to you. But fans of the comics know this is not wolverine. First of all if you want to make a wolverine movie then you have to accept that it's going to be bloody and then you have to rate the movie "R". I don't think I saw a single drop of blood even when wolverine was slashing people left and right. What I don't get, is they could have stayed true to wolverines' actual history and strife and still have a better movie than this. The laymen's would have been happy as well as the hardcore fans. I hope they don't mess up the upcoming Deadpool movie like this fiasco, god help marvel if they do.