Format:Anamorphic, PAL Languages:English (Audio Description), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) Rating:Suitable for 12 years and over Region:2 Aspect Ratio:1.78:1 Number Of Discs:1 Running Time:103 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs):0.2 Dimensions (in):7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN:5039036042130 ASIN:B001V9LQ2A
Theatrical Release Date:2009 Release Date:October 19, 2009 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Amazon.co.uk Review Wolverine, fan favourite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant's story. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a super-secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth, played respectively by Hugh Jackman (returning to his role) and Liev Schreiber (new to the scene). It helps enormously to have Schreiber, an actor of brawny skills, as the showiest villain; the guy can put genuine menace into a vocal inflection or a shift of the eyes. Danny Huston is the sinister government operative whose experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in, Lynn Collins is the woman who shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with our hero when he tries to drop out of the program, and Ryan Reynolds adds needed humour, at least for a while. The fast-paced early reels give an entertaining kick-off to the Wolverine saga, only to slow down when a proper plot must be put together--but isn't that perpetually the problem with origin stories? And despite a cool setting, the grand finale is a little hemmed in by certain plot essentials that must be in place for the sequels, which may be why characters do nonsensical things. So, this one is fun while it lasts, if you're not looking for a masterpiece, or an explanation for Wolverine's facial grooming. --Robert Horton, Amazon.comStills from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Click for larger image)
Wolverine finally shows his teethMarch 9, 2010 A. J. Dicken(uk) If you like the X-Men series you will love this. Plenty of action and shows the darkerside of Wolverine.
It does leave the door open for a second film and I was left wondering what happens to his brother.
Promised more than it deliveredFebruary 16, 2010 Random Hero I was ecstatic when I heard they were finally bringing out an X-Men movie with Gambit and Deadpool in it, these two are perhaps my favourite characters in the X-Men franchise. When I heard this film was a prequel, I was concerned but still had high hopes but when I saw it at the cinema, I was beyond disappointment.
Wolverine's past had been alluded to in the brilliant X-Men 2, giving hints that Wolverine was a man who had done sinister things with Stryker before losing his memories and to be honest, I think that's the way it should have stayed. Instead, they decided to bring out a film which was pointless from the beginning because you already know how it's going to end, and despite the fact that it's an origin story for Wolverine, they put as many famous mutants from the X-Men comics into this film and leaves them all underdeveloped and uninspired. This film never needed to be made, especially when they could have made a film set after X-Men 3: The Last Stand, which I thought was a poor effort as well, but Origins is far worse.
Gambit and Deadpool aren't given anywhere near enough screen time, Gambit is played well by Taylor Kitsch, and could have been a great character if given more screen time though there are differences from the original comic character. Deadpool however was the worst affected by the writers of this film, when I heard Ryan Reynolds was playing him, I couldn't think of anyone better to play a psychopathic, sadistic, wise cracking mercenary, and Reynolds was brilliant... for the FIVE MINUTES that he's in the film. When he becomes Deadpool however, there is NOTHING in common with the comic version of Deadpool other than the name. They turned Deadpool, the fourth wall breaking merc-with-a-mouth, into a mute plot device that had more powers than Superman and it's no wonder the Deadpool spinoff is being rebooted with a completely different origin.
There are good things about this film however, mainly Hugh Jackman's acting but it's not enough to make this film worth your time. Most kids who are just into popcorn movies will probably like it, but if you like the X-Men comics or Brian Singer's work with the first two X-Men films and hated The Last Stand, this probably won't be for you, because it is worse than The Last Stand.
Not the worst X-men movie..February 14, 2010 Bobby(Button Moon) While it's not as good as the first two X-men movies (cheers Singer for ditching the franchise to bring us that boring movie about Lois Lane!) it's not quite as disappointing as the third movie.
If you like these movies then my advice is ignore the slating it got on original release by the critics because I sometimes wonder why they bother reviewing films like this when they're clearly the kind of people that agree that Dances With Wolves deserved it's best picture Oscar over Goodfellas and likewise Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction - in otherwords grumpy old farts who don't realise the purpose of a film like this.
Wolverine is a decent comic book action film that introduces us to a load of favourite characters from the original comic and gives everybody it's own 5 mins of story. It got action, chases, explosions, fighting, guns and some cracking special effects and on Blu Ray it looks absolutely fantastic - so what more do you want?!
The colours and pictures are possibly the best looking of all the recent action releases and picture-wise - along with Star Trek - it's one of the best of the year!
Overall, decent enough movie, could've been slightly better, but the stunning picture, amazing colours and fantastic clarity make it well worth buying over the DVD (although that's included in this package anyway so...)
8/10
X-Men Origins: WolverineFebruary 12, 2010 Milt Ingarfield(Arbroath, Scotland) In this classy prequel Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Wolverine, the story begins in the 1840's when the character is but a child who along with his brother discover they are not like other little boys and through the use of a montage of time frames show the Wolverine and his older brother Sabre-tooth played by Liev Schreiber(previously seen in Defiance with Daniel Craig) fighting their way across the centuries until the 1970's where, the younger sibling stops the other committing a war crime in Vietnam, its while they are prison after being shot by a firing squad they are approached by the sinister Captain Stryker, this rip roaring fourth instalment is such an improvement of the previous outing that I hope that they make the proposed next instalment of X-Men Origins: Magneto I can hardly wait.
This DVD is presented in 1.78:1 aspect and has a deeply satisfying bass grumbling 5.1 surround sound track where the explosions boom out of the speakers, a true blockbuster.
Well worth watching.February 12, 2010 Tafette(UK) I felt the story was well developed to give the back story of the Wolverine/Xmen history. Worth a watch, probably several times!
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