X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Ultimately events lead to the brothers and their involvement with a US military program known as Team X. This group consists of various super powered mutants and engages in somewhat shady military black ops. Eventually the assault on a village of innocents gets to Wolverine's conscious and he leaves the group, something that Sabertooth, and the groups commanding officer, Striker, never forgive him for. The bulk of the movie revolves around Wolverine's attempt to live in peace with his girlfriend in Canada until someone begins killing off members of Team X. This leads to a renewed conflict between Sabertooth and Wolverine with Striker offering Wolverine the power to get revenge on his brother.
The movie has a fairly surprising amount of plot twists and things are never quite as they seem. It should also be mentioned that the movie deviates quite a bit from the comic origin of Wolverine though the same general concept is kept. Oddly enough, the movie does not end with Wolverine joining the X-Men, as one might expect. However, other popular characters from the X-Men series of movies and comics do make an appearance. Professor Charles Xavier, Gambit, the Blob, and even a teenaged Cyclops all show up here and there, making the movie a lot of fun for those who are familiar with those characters.
Overall the movie is a great way for people who were introduced to the X-Men through the movies to become more familiar with the back story of the most popular X-Man, Wolverine. While the story is a bit simplified compared to the comic book version, it still fills the audience in on all the important details of Wolverine's life. As expected of an X-Men movie, their is also a ton of action and some incredible mutant powered fight scenes as well.
- Stars
- Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Ryan Reynolds
- Director
- Gavin Hood
- Language
- English
It was a wave-making story from San Diego Comic-Con that Jessica Biel was in talks to join the cast of 2013's "X-Men" spin-off sequel "The Wolverine." As it turns out, the waves never found the shore: Deadline reports today that talks to bring the "Total Recall" beauty onto the project have fallen through.
Sure, it's heavy on fans gushing over Hugh Jackman. But still, it's a first look at production on 20th Century Fox's "The Wolverine." Directed by James Mangold, the latest X-Men installment is shooting on a beach near Kurnell, Australia, doubling as a Japanese POW camp.
She hasn't even hit theaters in "Total Recall" yet, and already, buzz surrounds Jessica Biel's next big role. She's keeping pretty mum, but word surfaced Saturday that she's in talks to join 20th Century Fox's X-Men off-shoot "The Wolverine" opposite Hugh Jackman. Talk has Biel taking on a rare part for her body of work: a villainous turn.
