Mutant Wolverine

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2013)

Gavin Hood directed this fourth entry in the series, a prequel focusing on the origins of Wolverine(Hugh Jackman) which begins with him and his half-brother Victor Creed(played by Live Schreiber) as children, both mutants who are forced to leave home and rely on each other as they live vicariously through every subsequent human war, as their healing abilities make them perfect soldiers. After a failed firing squad during Vietnam brings them to the attention of a young William Stryker(played by Danny Huston) who builds an elite team of mutants to do special ops missions, but Wolverine becomes fed up, and leaves. Six years later, his past catches up with him, as Logan/Wolverine must confront his past if he is to have a future, but events will conspire against him in many ways, even though he remains a true survivor. Exciting film with Hugh Jackman more than capable of keeping this back story to Wolverine interesting though tragic, filling in many holes of his past. Schreiber is quite good as an early version of Sabretooth.