Whose origin story is it, anyway???

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2013)

It was bad enough cringing through Tom Cruise as THE LAST SAMURAI in 2003, but THE WOLVERINE just takes the cake for Kow-Towing to the continent of Asia just because it has more people than the land masses wherein English is spoken, and just because they've purchased most of America's institutions (including Hollywood), and just because they might buy more movie tickets for THE WOLVERINE (if you count sales for dubbed and subtitled versions). But please Louise, next thing you know we'll be hearing that Japan WON WWII. Of course, if you watch this flick and read between the lines, you'll probably be coming out of the multiplex thinking that they DID. After seeing Wolverine's earlier films, it's clear that his origin story should be taking place during a time period such as the American Civil War. To say that an American super hero was created by Americans nuking a P.O.W. camp full of Americans is the height of absurdity. It almost sounds like something you would read in one of those mindless comic books, if they still came with captions!