Horrible to the comic book fans, and passable to the average movie goer.

Rating: Null/10 (2 May 2009)

The beginning started very strong. The childhood and war scenes were done to perfection in my opinion. The "Special Team" (not yet called the Weapon X Project) they were in was great as well. Danny Huston as William Stryker was great. He even kinda looks like Brian Cox (William Stryker from X2) a bit. I could not have been happier with Ryan Reynolds portrayal of Wade Wilson (Deadpool). He truly was "The Merc With A Mouth". Liev Schreiber was masterfull as Victor Creed (Sabertooth). Agent Zero was a good bad ass. I particularly liked seeing a little more of what he could do at the beginning so that you really understood how menacing he could be. Will i Am (Mastadon) was pretty good, I never thought we saw enough of him in the comics. Kevin Durand as Frederick J. Dukes (The Blob) was terrible. He is an amazing actor but it was too (If you'll forgive the pun) comical. The movie did not need that. Also Blob was not part of Weapon X. Dominic Monaghan (Bolt) was good at the part he did but completely unnecessary to the story. Lynn Collins as Kayla Silverfox (Silverfox) was good. She did her part very well and they kept her part kinda short which I liked because you don't wanna overload an action movie with too much romance (Star Wars Episode II, I'm talking to you). It was sweet, to the point, and it did it's job.
Moving on to a big disappointment was Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau (Gambit). First thing you notice about Gambit is his eyes. Black eyes, red irises, and black pupils. This is what Gambit should have looked like. To be honest getting Sawyer from Lost would have been a much better Gambie to me. Taylor could not keep a Cajun accent to save his life in this movie, it was just missing entirely in scenes.
The kid playing Scott Summers (Cyclops) had almost no lines at all, and did very little acting. It is impossible to know if he is a good actor, or just well directed based on what you see in the movie.
The other mutants weren't seen long enough to comment on them with the exception of one. Tahyna Tozzi as Kayla's sister Emma was interesting. I have no idea if she is an existing Marvel character but she at least held my attention. The animation they used to make her look like diamonds was staggering. I only wish they had used it on Hugh Jackman's claws which looked cartoonish in many scenes (Mainly in the old folks bathroom).
Hugh Jackman who this entire story rested upon. As Logan (Wolverine) he did his normal job of making him look mean. I could have done without the scream after Silverfox appeared dead (it looked too fake). I do understand why it needed to be done though. Jackman has always been an above average Wolverine (just above passable). It might have helped if he had read the comics growing up, but one can't have perfection and we sure aren't gonna get it here.
Now the worst thing they did to this movie, Weapon XI. I was unhappy that Ryan Reynolds did not play Weapon XI (Deadpool). I can only hope it was because of what they did to the character and he said he would not do it. I have only seen Scott Adkins in Mutant X back in 2002. I'm sure his acting was great for what they asked him to do but what they asked him to do was nothing less than the rape of the character. Deadpool had the ability to regenerate and teleport, but not Cyclops's eye beams (which factor heavily into the final fight sequence). They also decided to graft skin over Deadpool's mouth. He was called the Merc With A Mouth. He always talked a lot and pushed people's buttons. That was a major flaw. The final thing is the swords. This looks like someone saw BloodRayne and said "I like that, Let's do that to our character". Deadpool did not have swords that came out of his wrists. It made sense for Wolverine to have metal claws because of the bone ones he was born with.
The last 10 minutes of this movie ruined the whole thing for me. I could have gotten my head around everything else but that. I went to this movie for 3 things. Leiv Schreiber as Sabertooth, Gambit, and Deadpool. One out of 3 was done correctly. It also seems they went out of their way to ruin it with that last scene and it looked unfinished because of the look of Wolverin's claws. All in all I say this was not worth the $8.50 I paid to see it. It will also not be worth the rental. If you must see this movie wait for the dollar theater.