Film Reviews & Movie Analysis

Forced team player within the X-Men movies but a lone wolf through and through – Logan is Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) – a soldier by every definition, fighting to defend and save throughout his immortal life.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2/5)
Could you really call this an Origin story? Like, really?. It’s more like his backstory which doesn’t quite feel like the same thing. The short-lived Team X was entirely contrived – I cared very little about the antagonist’s main goal as all events seemed to revolve around their own little world. The stakes just weren’t high enough for me to care.

I did really like the use of the credits intro to flip through time and the wars Logan and his brother Victor fought in. That was cool.

One thing that must be said, is how much I mourn the loss of the potential Gambit movie/spin-off featuring Taylor Kitsch.


The Wolverine (3/5)
From what I gather, this movie is a snapshot of Logan’s long life, anchored by the events of X: Men The Last Stand (2006). Essentially they could have picked whenever and wherever as a focal point.

In all honesty part of me enjoyed The Wolverine the most out of all three – however, all the parts I liked about it had zero to do with the titular character. I loved the Japanese characters, influences, culture and fighting techniques. To be honest, this movie could easily be reworked to take Logan out of the picture entirely – his only purpose was his invisibility. 

Logan (3/5)
It was a bit of a toss-up between this and The Wolverine for the top spot – but this one wins due to how different it was from its predecessors (and the X-Men franchise as a whole). 

Set in 2029 where mutants have died out and the ever healthy and healing Logan is sick. That alone shocked me and from there I was immediately drawn and hooked at the introduction of the tiny but ferocious (and definitely feral) Laura (Dafne Keen). It turned into the dysfunctional family road trip movie that I never knew I needed, with a bittersweet ending.

On rewatching X-Men Origins: Wolverine much of what I thought stands: It was a little boring and unfocused. I definitely enjoyed The Wolverine more than I remembered, and finally, Logan was a breath of fresh air. 

That being said, as a whole, the movies were too helter-skelter, and altogether removed from one another. I understand that they could be viewed as snippets from Logan’s life – but if that’s the case then each movie should be wrapped up with a neat bow. Instead, I found myself tripping over between the end of one movie and the start of another wondering if I had missed something in between with all the questions still left unanswered.

WOLVERINE TRILOGY – 6/10