Good craftsmanship, but...

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2009)

When I went to see this movie I expected some action-flick, fast, fun, good old entertainment. And that is what I got. Plus, the whole thing was focused on Wolverine's character-development - in a fast way. Very fast, that is, jumping through important stages and relationships only to slow down just before the beginning of the story of the first X-Men- Movie, where the good old revenge-theme is played upon, sidelined by the rare moral-moment when the main antagonist and his primary tool are pardoned, because it would have made the good ones bad to kill them. Killing dozens of bystanders: hey, no problem there. So here we are in the middle of the mess. There was all the fun, the action, good actors (especially Liev Schreiber, whose part in 'Wolverine' was a little bit similar to the role he played very well in Defiance), amazing pictures, stunts, S/E, soundtrack... but the story, well, seems to have been left behind a bit. Especially when it came to the baddies' deeds. Build some indestructible guy to destroy him afterward? Look into the magic box and pull out a good old gun with bullets (six) that alone can destroy the indestructible soldier - and keep them away from the hunters? In the end they do not kill him but erase his memories? And the bad guys answer to the announcement that the big 'we' financing his little show knows about his deeds and will shut him down? He kills the messenger. I could go on for a little while, but why should I bother with the details, when the movie didn't, which is exactly why it is just an average action- flick and nothing more.