X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
Image: From the instant his claws come out to gore his murderous father in the Canadian woods of 1845, to the final cold dish he serves to brother Sabretooth, Wolverine’s tale is a classic one; revenge. Join him for some ferocious good fun, sans any meaty character development. (AB)
Does this new X-Men outing – a slash-em-up look into the life of enigmatic wolf-boy Logan – have the elusive “X” factor? Yes, if for you the X stands for extreme action, and pure, eye-popping fantasy. Which for most comic book lovers, that’s a hearty ar-woooo! From the instant his claws come out to gore his murderous father in the Canadian woods of 1845, to the final cold dish he serves to brother Sabretooth, Wolverine’s tale is a classic one; revenge. Enlisted by Colonel Stryker as an unwitting weapon in his plot to cage mutants, injected with virtually indestructible adamantium, betrayed by his lover – this is a clear-cut case of an angry man against the world. Do we care that it’s told in rigid shades of black and white? Hell no, not with Wolverine seeing red the whole way through! Ferocious good fun.
