X-Men Origins: Wolverine:... I have Gambit in the Deadpool

Rating: 5/10 (6 October 2009)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: 5 out of 10: Wolverine is one of the most popular characters in the Marvel pantheon. He is also one of the worst. He has the same problem as Superman. He is invulnerable.
Since he cannot be killed, it is somewhat difficult to create any real tension in the action scenes. Origins don’t even try. Wolverine befriends someone kind and innocent with eyes like a baby fawn. Fawn eyes is brutally murdered. Wolverine goes nuts and destroys a bunch of stuff. Rinse and repeat at least four times. (Think Hulk but skinnier and more Canadian.) The cast is a mixed bag. Jackman is fine (and muscled out) as Wolverine, but since he is constantly revenging loved ones he really does not get the wisecracking material he had in the X-men movies. Liev Schreiber as Wolverine’s half brother Sabretooth plays the exact same character as he did as Daniel Craig’s brother in Defiance (minus the pointy teeth however). At least he looks like Jackman’s brother in this film. (In a strange six degrees twist Jackman and Craig are appearing together on Broadway in A Steady Rain as I write this.) On the negative casting side, we have Taylor Kitsch who has no idea how to play his character Gambit. For one thing, he could not perform a Cajun accent at gunpoint. Moreover, for the coup de gras, we have Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. I know, I know, I also thought there was a judge’s order preventing Ryan Reynolds from coming within 500 feet of a superhero movie after that Blade Trinity fiasco. After seeing Reynolds butcher Deadpool I can only surmise the terrorists have won.
The cheese is very heavy in this film. One could easily make up bingo cards with movie clichés and play along with the film. If one turns there mind off completely (I recommend a malted beverage and perhaps a local herb) there is entertainment value in Wolverine. But good lord where are Mike and the robots when we really need them.