Decent, unexceptional, kind of falls apart at the end

Rating: 7/10 (3 August 2016)

The Wolverine is a generally competent comic book movie. In the comic-book movie landscape overall, that's not a bad thing, but as an offshoot of the X-Men series, which is arguably the best of the comic-book movie series, it's rather disappointing.
The movie begins pretty well, with Logan, traumatized by the events of The Last Stand, hiding out in the forest having dreams about Jean and his time at Nagasaki, he gets into a fight, meets a young, hot woman with a way with a sword, and winds up in Japan fighting the Yakuza and meeting more young hot women.
The fight scenes are fairly entertaining, overall (there's a pretty good one on top of a bullet train), and Logan is given a handicap that makes things tougher for him, which is a nice touch.
The writing tends to laziness, particularly at the end, which includes non-sequiturs like one character changing her appearance for no apparent reason other than someone decided it would look cool (eh) and a twist that probably surprised no one.
The acting is mixed, although Jackman is good as always.
It's all perfectly watchable and completely forgettable. If you want mindless action and some sword play, it's a decent enough choice.