If you liked The Matrix Reloaded you'll love this

Rating: 5/10 (7 May 2009)

X Men Origins: Wolverine reminded me a bit of The Matrix Reloaded. It's a sequel (or in this case prequel) of an incredible movie, yet despite a few impressive scenes the new addition falls horribly flat. I had never watched or read Xmen as a kid and was very skeptical about seeing the first film. I was extremely impressed and soon became quite a fan. Yet everything that made the first two films so amazing (and even the third to a lesser extent) is missing from this film. The deep themes of segregation and social acceptance are all gone and replaced with a very simple one track theme of revenge. The relationship between Wolverine and Sabertooth is also nowhere near as deep or interested as Professor X and Magneto. Unfortunately the only characters in this new film that are interesting get far too little screen time.
I won't give plot lines away, I still enjoyed parts of the film but to sum up, if you thought matrix reloaded was amazing and you don't mind action without great story telling then you'll still get a lot out of this. For those of us who felt Reloaded was very disappointing and they should have left the Matrix as a stand-alone classic film, you'll probably feel the same way about X Men and X Men Origins.