Interesting play on past and future

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2014)

Marvel has given us the impression that not only do they have marvellous writers (forgive the pun), they also have magnificent playwrights - much as moviegoers may rate the Marvel series as "superhero flicks" and "brainless entertainment", the recent Marvel movies we are getting have plausible plots and convincing story lines. For fans who love the X-men chronology, this film will not disappoint as they played and expounded on the concept of "changing the past to affect the future" (I understand this is way before the "Terminator" or "Back to the Future" stories came out - so hats off to the Marvel team again). Wolverine fans should be pleased to see their hero's growth and development as he, the favoured one in the Marvel universe, again shouldered a burden seemingly beyond his bearing and managed to succeed. It is very enjoyable to see the "young" X-men and the Jim Croce soundtrack is very apt and well-matched to the scene.