Wolverine: Immortal climate is much more grim

Rating: 8/10 (2 October 2016)

Unlike X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Wolverine: Immortal climate is much more grim. All thanks to the time of life of the hero himself. Depressive for killing Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), the great love of his life, he decides to live isolated from all. This new feature film invests in a side hitherto unheard of for the character, the work the tragic side of the hero. The script option acclimate history in Japan brings a freshness, a first welcome to the previous films, and put in question the existential questions that had already been addressed with less intensity Origins: Wolverine. Here one of the main hooks is the issue of Wolverine immortality, which begins isolated in the forest, depressed and unwilling to take his side warrior, still shaken by the X-Men events: The Last Stand and the tragic end that involved Jean Grey, the woman he loved.
James Mangold is another who knows how to highlight the positive points of this script. Mangold builds along with the photographer Ross Emery a darker atmosphere that reflects this existential dilemma of the protagonist and this climate is able to create exciting scenes and that somehow differ from common action movies. Lots of action was taken outdoors, also serving to enhance the beauty of Japan and the lifestyle of its inhabitants. Taking advantage also of the vast repertoire of martial arts of Asia, we see a huge amount of very good choreographers fights with impressive handling swords, knives, bows. All in perfect harmony and strategically inserted spaced manner along the production, never leaving the level of danger and threatens to dilute, always in a growing intelligent. Every new twist in the script, appeared new bold and creative scenes. Especially the opening scene in Nagasaki during the Second World War in which Wolverine shows his power and impress the young soldier Yashida that would be obsessed with the mutant and its origins. One can not fail to mention the fight scenes in the bullet train that results in another fight in the locomotive roof; also to the scene where Wolverine is targeted at full snow by dozens of spears the way Yashida family factory with the right bikes on the roofs of houses, a lot of wrestling with mind-blowing stunts; or the final fights in the factory, in particular the struggles between Yukio and Viper and between Wolverine and the Silver Samurai.
Hugh Jackman has never been so comfortable in the mutant skin with claws. The actor manages to perfectly transmit all dramatic conflicts and bitterness you live in Logan / Wolverine and was greatly benefited by having two very competent partner on the scene. Forming an excellent pair with Wolverine, the Wolverine "bodyguard", Yukio (Rila Fukushima) paraded her beauty, confidence and fighting skills at various times, always creating interesting sequences (the original on the scene in the bar where it prevents Logan finalize their revenge on the bear hunter in the forest, the scene where she faces Shingen, or in the final scenes in his confrontation with the Viper). On the other hand, the love interest of Wolverine is Mariko (Tao Okamoto), the most durable and known relationship Wolverine in the comics. successful model, the Japanese debut in theaters just in a successful blockbuster and does not disappoint. Okamoto, besides being beautiful, it is involved with Wolverine gradually. Initially when you see him, she rejects him, but will fall in love and feeling attracted to him during the coexistence between the couple.
The film is still exposed to a risk because as the story takes place in Japan, most of the cast is the country and the only big star to call the box office for the film was Hugh Jackman. But the little known cast, was very talented and do not Commit at any time. Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen, Will Yun Lee as Harada, Ken Yamamura as young Yashida round out the supporting cast with great competence. Unfortunately, Harada was not much space in the plot, the original Silver Samurai comics in the film is just a bodyguard ninja, even a mutant, antagonist he went unnoticed as a mere assistant. We still have the special participation of Famke Janssen reprising again Jean Grey, which serves to inquire about the next paths that Wolverine can follow.
In addition to the appropriate picture already mentioned above, we should highlight the visual effects clean. Since the scenes of World War II to the scenes of the final climax are carried out with extreme competence. Even transpiring one unreality implementation in some scenes (fight scene on the bullet train ceiling), the realism of the effect reaches a fully satisfactory level. The soundtrack for Marco Beltrami - the same "World War Z (2013)" - also not exaggerate and remains a threat to theme all the time. The designer of the production François Audouy is a spectacle. Using many scenarios and typically Japanese elements, it led to the creation of new scenes in environments fleeing rather common.
Wolverine: Immortal is much higher than the previous film that explored the origins of the most famous mutant Marvel and satisfies the fans of the character to insert it in an unfamiliar environment and having to deal with many questions. Technically, Wolverine: Immortal does not clash at any time and is guaranteed fun. The film has a well- developed romantic side, a lot of creative action but fundamentally sin in its very fast and fanciful ending, with distortions of the Viper and Silver Samurai characters. Still, there is no longer an adventure capable of revitalizing Wolverine and regain the image of the hero for future productions.