Surprisingly good!

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2014)

.. i must admit that X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine had left a real bad taste in my mouth with regards to anything related to this character.
X-Men: First Class was a good step in righting the franchise again, but when i saw there was another Wolverine movie i had zero motivation to check it out.
Found the Blu-Ray on-sale for 10 bucks, however, and being the comic nerd that I am, i finally decided to give it a chance.
Colour me surprised to say I actually quite enjoyed it. It's much less action-oriented and more on the character-driven side, which was refreshing.
Mariko and Yukio were both really well-realized characters. I really enjoyed the by-play and chemistry between Wolverine and Yukio. I was happy to see the setup for them to be adventuring together moving forward. Hope that Mangold and company stick with that.
Good film! Hopefully X-Men: Days of Future Past can build on this and continue the upturn.