Hard hitting, stays with you for a few days...

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2017)

I'm probably not the best one to review this film because I'm not an expert in all the X-Men history that goes before nor the comic book world but it is an Interesting case study of a super hero aging out. not the warrior he once was, covered with scars from past battles but now his old bones take longer to heal. It's hard hitting because many of us old timers can identify with him, not only for these reasons but because he now finds himself occupying a world in which he feels disenfranchised, no longer a part of. All of his friends dead. Wolverine's heart is also scared over from too much loss for one lifetime, and watching people close to him die, to the point that he is now unable to bond even with his own daughter who desperately needs him. A born warrior, designed for combat, he doesn't think twice about laying his life down for her... but mustering up any genuine feelings seems to be just out of his reach. As fate would have it, I am actually familiar with the filming location used in this film so I guess that adds another layer of "touching close to home" for me. At any rate, he died as he lived, with honor and no excuses. This film is gonna be with me for a while.