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The Wolverine (2013)

Directed by James Mangold this comic book adaptation stars Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima and Svetlana Khodchenkova. Following the events of the third X-men film Wolverine heads to Japan to visit a dying businessman he saved in WW2.

While the plot of this film may not exactly reflect the story as presented in the comics it does do a good job of capturing the spirit of Chris Claremont. The story itself is a vast improvement on the previous Wolverine film but does not really become more than just a decent super hero action film. Also improving from the previous Wolverine film is the special effects but I would have liked to see more of the Silver Samurai rather than the main villain not appearing until the final battle.

3/5