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X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009)

X-Men Origins - Wolverine
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Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds

Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Release Date: May 01, 2009
DVD Release Date: Sep 15, 2009

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17 hours ago
I think my expectations where high, and rightly so. It's freakin Wolverine!
1 day ago
Not great, not as good as any of the x-men films
1 day ago
This could have been a lot better but it could have been a lot worse, too. Ultimately, I never really gave much of a shit about Wolverine to begin with, so I wasn't expecting much. This movie totally delivers in the "not much" department but it's gre... (read more)
1 day ago
Good summer flick from blockbuster, nothing more though
1 day ago
Pretty decent prequel to the X-Men saga. Visually appealing with a solid cast on the positive. The negative - some naff special FX, it's all very bogged down it's genre cliches. It's a shame Gavin Hood couldn't bring that extra dimension of emotion t... (read more)

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218 days ago
Armond White, The New York Press
Each CGI set piece erases distance, space, weight, gravity and wit. It's empty, soulless action -- visual noise.
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222 days ago
Bob Mondello, NPR
Those movies where people get sent to an island somewhere, then discover that everyone's a clone, or a reactor is melting down? Imagine all of that happening at once, only everybody is indestructible.
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223 days ago
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Suitably filling, if not always nutritious.
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223 days ago
Kurt Loder, MTV
Hugh Jackman's feral superhero is back, and maybe even better.
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223 days ago
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
Hugh Jackman's action-filled spinoff delivers on the brawn but not the soul of the "X-Men" franchise that spawned it.
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