I do not like this Wolverine

Rating: 6/10 (4 August 2013)

The action is amazing, Hugh Jackson is as always awesome. However, I am not happy with how the story developed. Mariko is so fundamental for the whole plot, yet her character development is very poor. Is she really the good girl and if yes how? She has a father that wants to kill her. Her role model and her genetic heritage (apparently) is even worse. Her mother was never mentioned. The mother is alive. She was present at the funeral but she never showed up after that. There was no stories about her. Maybe Mariko killed her grandfather not to save Logan but inherit the empire. It seems that that is the overriding motive in their family. Why it was hard for her to get friends when she was young? Sleeping with Logan was totally out of place. It was not seemed logical both for Mariko and for Logan. This felt like a classic Marvel episode in which the writers do not care too much about the plot. Generally Logan also has more character development. What was his dramatic need? He was not helping anyone for more than a year after killing Jean and now he is risking his life to save Mariko. If you want to kill your daughter will you ask the Minister of Justice of Japan (who is in his early thirties) to retain Yakuza? It does not make sense. However, my money is still well deserved just for the train scene. That was epic. I hope they will spend more time with story in the next one.