Missing the 'X' factor totally!!

Rating: 2/10 (8 August 2013)

The very thought of Wolverine going to Japan to visit a Japanese Samurai raised the bar of expectations so high and then the movie effortlessly slashed all those hopes with the swiftness of a Samurai Sword. The story line of movie as projected in the trailers and print media was so exciting, but the execution of the same was so poor. It seems the script writers have not only never visited Japan, they have not even read about the Great Samurais and their culture. I have to say that this movie has just special effects to offer and nothing else, but then every other movie has such 'mind-boggling' special effects and some even better.
A story involving, Wolverine who is a relentless warrior himself, going to Japan to meet a Samurai could have been so spectacular with great possibilities and laced with special effects the movie could have been path-breaking and inspiration to other movies. But that was not to be.
The movie, I think totally misses the point, as it miserably fails to appreciate the fact that Japan and Samurais are all about a great culture and a movie based in Japan and involving Samurais cannot avoid to inculcate the same. On the other hand, this movie has no great mutants either, just one antagonist apart from the wolverine. so the movie not only lacks The real Japan and real Samurais, it also lacks the real X-men. I think this movie is a totally failure on every front, apart from the special effects. Special effects are good, but special effects alone cannot save a movie that rides on the hype of Wolverine and the stupendous success of earlier 'X-Men' movies.
I think the franchise needs to rethink before they embark on another 'Wolverine' movie. Hype alone cannot take you far!!
Three stars only for special effects. Don't waste your time, unless you are a die-hard wolverine fan.