Could have been A LOT better

Rating: 6/10 (26 June 2014)

I wasn't into X-Men Franchise until I saw First Class. (Not giving spoilers about that one, don't worry.) Yet it is nearly impossible not to like Wolverine and his storyline, even though Origins was bloated with unnecessary characters and subplots. Well, The Wolverine is better obviously but it is still not enough for such character.
In this movie, we see Logan form a friendship with a Japanese soldier in a hole during the bombing of Nagasaki. That is really a great base to write a good plot. But in the end, we see that Japanese soldier, Yashida got obsessed with immortality and attempting to take Logan's healing abilities by fighting him in a gigantic armor/robot. Really?? Is that the best you can do? There are other minor inconsistencies in the movie. But that one I mentioned completely ruined it.
If you cannot write a good plot, then make it more simple. If you cannot make it more emotional and personal as it started, then create a more traditional nemesis which MAKES SENSE. Yakuza could have been used in a more proper way. I'd definitely prefer a simple mob boss who uses some mutants (like Viper) to defend himself rather than a gigantic adamantium Samurai-like weird looking robot.
My expectations were not sky high obviously and I enjoyed it more than Origins. At least it didn't affect X-Men franchise as Origins did. We can see the Wolverine as a stand-alone movie. But this movie could and should have ended in a better way.