Summer Movies : X-Men Orgins : Wolverine

Caught up with this one on a Late Sunday evening. Wasn't expecting much from this as I wasn't much of a fan for X-men, Wolverine. Review are mixed as well, mostly lousy.

Talks about how Wolverine came about, before his transformation and after he got his "metal" Claw through an implantation.

Initially, he was with a group of mutants which eventually got killed off 1 by 1 by his brother, FYI, Wolverine kill his own dad accidentally and both him and his brother run off from home there after. His brother become Sabre tooth....

He met up with new ones after his old gang were all killed, Gambit was one of them,


He is basically indestructible, and only the metal that make his claw can cause some damage, but still he won't die...

The first half of the movie, talks about his beginning, how he kill his parents and lives with his brother, his failed grouping with the mutants when he learn that their motives are evil. Later in the 2nd half, after he got transform, It's all about seeking revenge after his girlfriend, who is also a mutant was "killed"

Turn out that the "human" aka the normal people are using these mutants to create a super-weapon using the mutant's DNA, Wolverine team up with his "bad" brother to kill them all off. You see the humble beginning of cyclope here as a lost teenager who donno what to expect.

Prof X make his debut at the end of the show, to link up this movie with the first X-men movie some year back.

Will there be a Sequel?
I doubt so, the show wasn't bad, but the ending does not show that they will continue the story which have already been done in the first X-men Movie

But I think they will spin-off using X-men Origin with the X-men characters, they might take on Magneto, Cyclope, Jean, storm or even prof X. Hollywood is good at re-inventing the genre to make more $

Worth the $9 or $10 ticket prices?
Depends, It' will be a YES if

• you are an X-men fan, YES
• Movie-bluff like me who are suck up for movies..lol
• Just want to enjoy a movies with CG and action sequence

However, If u are quite critical about the quality of the show, then this may not be for you. It has quite a typical story-line as most summer movies, and if u have seen all the X-men movies, then this one seem about the same, furthermore effects are not extraordinary though and there are less impressive mutant feature here, only Wolverine, Gambit are impressive and interesting characters.

Overall, Rated it about 6 out of 10. Mostly for the effects and a reasonable length and commendable performance from Huge Jackson. Link up pretty well with the X-Men Movies but failed on probably a predictable storyline and not enough mutants featured?... I leave it to the audience to decide for themselves. It's still a good movies to enjoy.....Too Bad, the film is not available in 3D or IMAX in Singapore though. It would add so much to the movie experience.

Updates : It has earned about $131million at the US box-office and is expected to reached at least $170Million. Though, X-men Trilogy Earn : X-men - $157Million, X-Men United - $215Million, X-Men Last Stand - 234Million. That will put it at 3rd out of 4th.