pure fantasy,not to be taken seriously. I enjoyed it.

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2009)

This is pure fantasy folks, the very title tells you that. It is also from a comic book. When I was a lad the only super-heroes we had was Superman & Batman. When they made film adaptations, they were 12-15 chapters seen only on Saturday Matinees. Each chapter ended in a cliff-hanging scene & you had to come back next week to see what happened.
In this day & age they spend over 100 Million dollars per film. The serials were pretty bad, BUT as kids we loved them.
That is enough history, we must comment on the present film.
It is good entertainment; at least the first 80 minutes are, the last 25 minutes does have the tendency to drag, not fatally though. The special effects (computer generated) are first rate. The acting by all is good. The director was Gavin Hood,The screenplay was written by David Benioff & Skip Ward, The cast does have some of the better performers of today.
Hugh Jackman is Wolverine & he is most effective. He better be cause the two villains are equally good. Liev Schrieber & Danny Huston fit these parts like a glove. Ryan Reynolds,Dominic Monaghan & Will i. Am are other mutants. Lynn Collins is the required female in the cast.
This is a good action, special effect film for the entire family. The violence is pure comic book. This is fantasy sit back & enjoy.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 87 points (out of 100) IMDb 8 (out of 10)