A Mixed Bag

Rating: 5/10 (20 October 2009)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a wasted opportunity. What could have been a great character driven superhero movie, concentrating on Wolverine, who he was, and what he was like before his memory loss. Instead, we are treated to a film that has so many secondary characters, that Wolverine almost becomes a supporting act in his own movie.
Several new characters are thrown into the film right, left and centre, most of which are part of Stryker's "team" and reminds you a little too much of the mutant team put together in the original X-Men series. Too much focus seems to be put on what-cool-power a character could have, most of which have so few scenes that you are left wondering what was the point in including them at all.
There are several glaring errors in the story, the most obvious being the decision to make Wolverine indestructible, only to turn around and attempt to destroy him shortly afterwards, and of course, the ridiculous reason for Wolverine's memory loss.
There are some good points, however. Hugh Jackman is in his element as Wolverine, several fight sequences stick out, and there is a slight dark edge to the story that was missing from the previous X-Men entry, The Last Stand. However, if they are planning on making a sequel to this movie, please, make it truly about Wolverine, and not about everybody else.