The worst of the bunch... 'nuff said

Rating: 4/10 (16 June 2014)

The X-movies have some genuine gems. There is no debate in X2 or Days of Future Past being awesome films. But X-Men Origins: Wolverine is lacking. Apart from explosions, it has nothing to offer.
The plot - if you can call it one - is incoherent and far fetched. It's supposed to shed new light on how Wolverine got both his adamantium claws as well as his amnesia. Not wanting to go into spoiler territory, I can only say that X2 delivered it already and whatever extra was brought to the table made it more confusing and convoluted.
While the original X-trilogy were ensemble movies, I feel that the creators of XO:W were shy to move away from that, but didn't know how to handle that into a flick that's just about one guy. It resulted in a chain of: "Here's a character. Now he's dead. Here's another character. Now he's dead, too", going on for the entirety of the movie.
In the process, they butchered Deadpool, a beloved Marvel character, into something that doesn't even remotely resemble his comic counterpart. Although Ryan Reynolds was the perfect cast-pick to play him, the movie decided to literally have his mouth sown shut.
One redeeming quality in the movie was Liev Schreiber's portrayal of Victor Creed, a.k.a. Sabretooth. He made him the menacing sadist bully he's supposed to be. Just too bad that was IN THIS MOVIE.
If you want more from a movie then just shooting and explosions, this is not the film for you...