A Mutant Mess

Rating: 5/10 (3 May 2009)

Greetings again from the darkness. While a logical attempt to capitalize on the highly entertaining and profitable X Men series, this prequel just doesn't have much to offer other than a couple of fun fight scenes.
Hugh Jackman is in full glory and seems to be having fun playing Logan/Wolverine, but his "brother" Liev Schreiber is totally miscast and would have been better as Stryker ... though Danny Huston handles it just fine. Will i am, Tayor Kitsch (as Gambit) and Ryan Reynolds provide the only real characters of interest outside of the shiny the apparatus for wolverine.
I guess it is a credit to the film series that we have come to expect more. Though it will be fine with true fans, this won't bring in many new ones.