Not a super hero movie

Rating: 7/10 (5 March 2017)

Opposed to all previous X-Man productions this one does not come across as a super hero movie at all. If you expected this to be a brutal, in line with comics Wolverine hack and slash action flick, well its just not it. Wolverine was made human, a limping, broken down drunk driving a limo for a living one a path to self destruction. Professor X was turned into an old man, half senile half demented unable to control his powers and has to take pills that "mentally castrate" him. No mention of the other x-men, aside from one other no other mutants. Most of the movie is filmed in remote, unpopulated locations common to low budget productions which this movie is not. A predictable chase and run motive throughout the movie separated by long no action, time for reflection sequences. Jackman and Steward performances were flawless, total contrast of characters to what was done previously. You metaphorically and physically see your favorite characters die. Naive plot with sanctuary for mutants was predictable from the beginning. Ending was sadly anticlimactic and foreshadowed from the start. This production is a total opposite to all other movies and in an attempt to bring Wolverine to the adult audience a lot of this comic magic was lost in favor of more down to earth concepts.