one extremely satisfying thrill ride

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2009)

The original X-Men was very character-driven, it focused heavily on the development of characters—and it had to. X-Men 2 built nicely on the mythos. X-Men 3 was free to let the holdovers from the first two films run amok even though the story felt a bit crowded. This film feels like a nice comp elation of all three. It gains an advantage because it's a well-tempered introduction of new characters mixed with the perfect focus on the character of Wolverine. The action sequences do indeed warrant serious praise. Origins doesn't exactly complicate the conventional black and white tropes of a good vs. evil but it doesn't need to. What results is one extremely satisfying thrill ride!