The Wolverine (2005 film)

The Wolverine is a 2005 film, produced by Marvel Studios and directed by James Mangold. It stars Hugh Jackman, Troye Sivan, Charlie Hunnuman, Jeremy Renner, Karan Soni, Vin Diesel, Lynn Collins, Aaron Jeffery, Peter O’Brien, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Patrick Stewart, Ralph Finennes, and Dalph Singh.

Plot

In 1845, a young James Howlett watches as his father John Howlett is killed by claws from Thomas Logan, a criminal. Before dying himself, Thomas reveals that he is James’s actual father. When he grows up, James takes on the name “Logan” and goes through painful surgery to get the same genetic DNA mutation powers as Thomas, with him now being able to push claws through his hands. In 1945, Logan fights in a war with Steve Rogers and his sidekick, Bucky Barnes against the evil Red Skull. After they take out many bad guys, Logan departs and Steve and Bucky fight against the Red Skull.

In Present Day, 2005, through his mutation powers, Logan has stayed alive and lives with his girlfriend, Kayla Silverfox. He is approached by Professor Charles Xaiver, who asks him to join his team, the X-Men. Logan declines the offer and Xaiver reveals to him his brother, Victor Creed has died. Logan heads out to find his brother’s killer and Xaiver agrees to protect Kayla. Logan realizes that his brother’s killer is probably going to hide secretly at his funeral. At the funeral, Logan gets into a fight with Romulus, whom he thinks is the killer. After Logan kills him, he heads out to check on Kayla.

Well he’s driving, Logan gets lost. Logan decides to try to find a taxi driver and eventually does. The taxi driver introduces himself as Dopinder, and he agrees to bring him to his cabin in exchange for money. Well he drives, he comes across the villain Cain Marko aka Juggernaut. After a brutal battle, Logan wounds him but Marko escapes. Eventually, Dopinder drives the taxi car to Logan’s cabin. At his cabin, Logan discovers Kayla’s dead body and it seems Xaiver has vanished into thin air.

Logan realizes that however killed his brother also killed Kayla and realizes this killer is going to kill everyone close to Logan and he realizes that the killer is going to kill Dopinder next. Logan meets with his old friend Clint Barton aka Hawkeye and tells him about this killer and Clint agrees to help Logan kill this killer before the killer kills Dopinder.

Well they search for Dopinder, a figure attacks them and knocks Logan out. 6 hours later, Logan wakes up and meets the man who knocked him out. The man calls himself the “Sabertooth” and interrogates him. He asks Logan deep questions about the murders and it eventually gets too personal, with Logan refusing to answer the last question. Suddenly, Dopinder arrives and distracts them, allowing Logan to escape. But, unfortunately, Dopinder is killed in the chaos.

A wounded Logan is found by Clint, who heals his wounds. Clint says that he was able to grab Dopinder’s flip phone, which he was using to track down the killer. They locate him on a bridge and head out. Clint secretly follows Logan and hides. Well, Logan fights the killer, Sabertooth. They land onto a train and continue their battle, well Clint sneaks in and knocks the driver out and drives the train. Before escaping, Sabertooth reveals that he actually is Victor. In pain and distraught, a wounded Logan gets off the train along with Clint.

Logan does not want to continue this battle but after Clint encourages him, Logan decides to finish this battle once and for all. With Clint at his side, he tracks down Sabertooth and they head out to defeat him. They travel to the location and it shows that Sabertooth is in an abandoned factory. Once they make it there, they are surprised and attacked by the Juggernaut, who’s working with Sabertooth. The Juggernaut throws them in prison and Logan knows that they are going to die.

But, Logan then finds a way to escape. The escape plan is for Clint to make a distraction, letting Logan to fight Sabertooth and kill him and Clint and lurs Juggernaut to the police, so he’s arrested. They decide to do this. Logan uses his mutation powers to break him and Clint out of prison and the plan is set in. Clint distracts Juggernaut and runs to the police as hard as he can. This lets Logan confront Sabertooth.

Logan fights Sabertooth in the factory and their long battle gets them to several different places but back to the abandoned factory in the end. Sabertooth gets the better of Logan and defeats Logan, brutally injuring him. When Sabertooth is about to finish the job of killing Logan, Logan remembers everyone who he saw die, and this motivates him to continue the fight against Sabertooth. Eventually, both of them fall down farther into the abandoned factory and Sabertooth is about to fall to his death. Even though his brother is now evil and has done some very bad things, Logan saves him and leaves him to be arrested. Logan and Clint go back to the cabin and Clint tells Logan that if he needs him again, let me know and Logan agrees.

Cast

Hugh Jackman as James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine

Troye Sivan as a young James Howlett

Charlie Hunnam as Victor Creed/Sabertooth

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye

Karan Soni as Dopinder

Vin Diesel as Cain Marko/Juggernaut

Lynn Collins as Kayla Silverfox

Aaron Jeffery as Thomas Logan

Peter O’Brien as John Howlett

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America

Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes

Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xaiver

Ralph Fiennes as Red Skull

Dalph Singh as Romulus