Strong start, mediocre finish

Rating: 6/10 (6 October 2009)

This movie had a lot going for it. An interesting take on Wolverine and Sabretooth as brothers and showing their relationship as initially positive as they watch out for each other from childhood in the 1800s to Vietnam. A tragic love story with a folktale that explains why Wolverine chose his name, and his decision to trust the devilish Stryker in order to fulfill his quest of revenge against Sabretooth for killing the woman he loved.
And it is all wrecked by a ridiculous twist in which Kayla Silverfox winds up alive, making Wolverine's vendetta pointless, bringing the plot to a crashing halt, and leaving us wonder why the writers chose to cop out with an unbelievably absurd conspiracy plot when the movie was doing so well. The film would have been much stronger if they had stayed on the dark, dramatic course they started on to explore whether Wolverine's quest for revenge would truly bring peace or destroy him. Not to mention the film was far too short to do justice to all the characters thrown into it, and that the best acted villain in the film, Sabretooth, is later shelved in favor of Deadpool, who would have been better developed in a sequel then randomly thrown in to fight at the last minute of this film.
While it is not as bad as all the haters claim it is, it's not great, either. Rent it on DVD to watch with your friends, but don't expect anything more than mild entertainment.