High octane revenge thriller prequel

Rating: 5/10 (19 November 2018)

This fourth installment in the X-Men universe of films is a rip roaring visual spectacle with backstory to the Marvel hero, Wolverine. The action is dealt with competently and the kinesics and thrills are enjoyable, but ultimately this film falls short of its promise from earlier films about the origins of the character, instead it is a transparent story. A lot of the special effects are sub-standard and make the film cartoonish.