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X-men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Directed by Gavin Hood this prequel stars Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston. After killing his father in 1845 a young mutant and his half brother go on the run fighting in various wars before becoming transformed into Weapon X.

The real basic problem with this film is not the departures from comic book canon, which are not overly egregious, but that the film never really connects on an emotional level rather seeming to be a check list of events the writers felt the had to cover. While the plot is not too bad it really lacks any depth and could have been a lot better given the iconic nature of the central character. Where the big problems come are in the really weak CGI used in the film that lets the action sequences down big time.

2/5