smoke, but no cigar

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2004)

At last, the long awaited prequal to x-men that shows what happened to wolverine before he went to the lab. This movie tells the story (if you could call it that) of a man with no friends named logan (played by hugh jackman, i was pleased to see jackman return for this prequal!!) and it shows alot of wolverines past, but i was abit dissapointed it didnt show how he got his claws. Its obvious this movie was only meant for the arty crowd, such as myself, and because of this it probably wont get much mainstream attention. The fight scenes are few and far between and its obvious the directer wanted to get his point across using as little dialogue as possible, its really the sort of film were you need to fill in the gaps. Professor charles xaviour did a great job as dracula, and i dont think val kilmore (the god of acting) could have even done it better. The cameo appearace by professor jean grey (kate bekinsale) just made my day!!!! All up a great film if you liked x-men 1,2 and 3, however if your not a big fan of partick sweyze, id give this one a miss.