X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Revenge soon grips Logan when his love is taken away, but Tsotsi director Gavin Hood seems bored by the sibling rivalry; even the Frankensteinian weaponizing of a human body feels rushed.

Wolverine starts with a roar before sliding into a chaotic, preachy mess.

You won't be upset you saw it, you'll have some fun, you'll see Wolvie beat the living hell out of a helicopter.

Is there anything to enjoy in X-men Origins: Wolverine? Sure. Some of the fights are cool. But for every solid moment there is an equivalent of pure suck.

It’s hard to really feel any strong emotions toward this film besides apathy, to be honest.

It’s violent and cruel and shrouded in darkness, filled with the complicated backstories and the weirdly incestuous origin details from the comic books that [are] confusing and confounding and no substitute for a story.

Even when the hand-to-hand combat looks impressive, the stunts get far-fetched, pushing the special effects to the limit.