Movie Reviews for Families

Hugh Jackman is one of the sexiest men alive! Australian born and a quality actor. I like him because he appears to be tough and rugged, not at all like the pretty-boy stereotype. So I decided to watch X-Men Wolverine for a couple of hours to drivel over Hugh and follow the new saga. To my surprise, I did not enjoy this film. So here is my honest movie review of Wolverine.

First of all, the plot was horrible and unbelievable. The writer’s decided to use the mad scientist theme, which has been over used too many times. The mad scientist is usually someone the characters trust who has a secret mission to betray them for his or her own personal gain. Hence, in X-Men Origins the mad scientist wants to create a superior mutant prototype that has a combination of everyone’s abilities.

As the mad scientist is working secretly in his lab. He sends two federal agents and Wolverine’s estranged mutant brother on a roundup to seize other mutants. As I was watching this I felt that this part of the storyline was very choppy and unclear. It really gives the appearance that Wolverine’s brother was on a quest to kill his own kind, when he was just doing the dirty work for the scientist.

Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is the only believable character in the film. He struggles with dark nightmares that keep reoccurring as he tries to adapt to a new life. Suddenly, his wonderful life is disrupted when his wife is killed. This is later revealed to be a lie.
Wolverine goes on a quest to avenge his wife’s death, but only to find out that it was a set up. This takes you on a chase of who done it until you get to the falling action of confrontation and special effects. If your like me, this is the most exciting part where there are non stop action scenes.

Finally, I did not enjoy the plot but felt that Jackman did an average job playing Wolverine. I think for die hard X-Men fans they will appreciate the last scene on the mountain, the fight between good forces and evil.