Dull and Terrible: An Awful Combination

Rating: 4/10 (31 August 2013)

The 2nd worst movie not far behind "Now You See Me" in 2013, directed by James Mangold atrociously goes to "The Wolverine". This is a complete dud of a movie managing to be dull and full of American Stereotypes of Japanese, and probably at it's worst with cringe-worthy acting from most involved save Jackman. Most of the fault goes to the directors and script writers. This movie is a failure on several levels. It starts out promising enough with a quick montage from WWII supposedly, and then State-side, but degenerates badly when the main story starts, and the horrible dialog, direction, and acting that the Japanese actors have to put-in and up with. Like "Pacific Rim", it's more Asia-philia but without Rim's fun and spectacle. The action is mostly poor and weakly shot and realized. Jackman obviously got pumped up again, and the filmmakers overdo his shirt-less scenes, but I kept waiting for the movie to get more intense or infuse itself with energy, but it's pulse-less. Not even worth a rental, sad to say unless your a die-hard Jackman fan. 4/10