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Movie Review: 'The Wolverine' Opens Tomorrow (July 26)

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By Joe Neumeier
The claws come out more than once for Logan (Hugh Jackman) in "The Wolverine."
HOLLYWOOD---In a summer of seemingly ageless superheroes, Wolverine stands alone. Unlike Superman, the Lone Ranger, Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock, this eternally young mutant has been played by only one actor, Hugh Jackman. Good thing the Aussie star has the role down to a science, since the rest of “The Wolverine” is a howler. (A&O Rating: ★★★) [link]
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Ernest Disney-Britton said…
I know it will be a great deal of fun, and a box-office smash.
Thu Jul 25, 07:49:00 AM EDT
A.O. Scott said…
“The Wolverine,” directed by James Mangold (“Walk the Line,” “3:10 to Yuma”) and written by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank, is also something of an anomaly in the current, unstoppable wave of comic-book-based movies. It has all the requisite special effects and big-ticket action sequences — including a fight on a moving train and a climactic punch-out between the hero and a villain in an oversize metal suit — but it also has an unusually intimate, small-scale feel. Inspired by a series published by Marvel in the 1980s, it has more old-style comic-book atmosphere than “Man of Steel” or “Iron Man 3.” Instead of expounding a tedious origin story or staging an epic battle for apocalyptic stakes, “The Wolverine” focuses on a specific and self-contained adventure in a richly imagined place.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/movies/in-the-wolverine-hugh-jackman-broods-again.html?ref=arts
Thu Jul 25, 10:46:00 PM EDT
Michael O’Sullivan said…
A refreshing summer cocktail of action-movie staples, “The Wolverine” combines the bracingly adult flavor of everyone’s favorite mutant antihero — tortured, boozy X-Man Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine — with the fizzy effervescence of several mixers from the cabinet of Japanese genre cinema: noirish yakuza crime drama, samurai derring-do and ninja acrobatics. It goes down super smooth but packs a punch, erasing not only the memory of Marvel’s last foray into the Wolverine mythos, the 2009 stinker “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” but also washing away the more recent unpleasant aftertaste of this summer’s other Tokyo-set action thriller, “Pacific Rim.” It’s proof that you just can’t kill Wolverine.
Fri Jul 26, 11:42:00 AM EDT
Ernest Disney-Britton said…
It was a great time from beginning to end, and even during the rolling of the credits the fun continued. Hugh Jackman is a better Wolverine than the comic book original, and you hang on his every word and gesture. His body is well...impressive, and his passion for justice is inspiring. It's the search of a heartbroken man to find a new purpose in life other than death, and in the end as no one will be surprised he does find it. I'd go back to see it again. It was no Acadmeymaward winner but it deserves to be a box-office smash. 4 Stars!
Sat Jul 27, 09:12:00 PM EDT
Associated Press said…
"The Wolverine" slashed monsters and minions to debut atop the weekend box office. The Fox film featuring Hugh Jackman's sixth turn as the claw-wielding superhero opened with $55 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Last weekend's top movie, Warner Bros.' low-budget horror "The Conjuring," slipped to second place, adding another $22.1 million to its take. "Despicable Me 2" was in third with $16 million. The Universal animated sequel, with its cast of cute, yellow minions, has made more than $600 million worldwide since it came out four weeks ago. "The Wolverine," which is set in Japan and features an international cast, earned another $86.1 million overseas. The film's opening-week take surpassed the $120 million it cost to make, said Chris Aronson, Fox's head of domestic distribution. "It's a huge opening for the clawed one," he said. "It played equally well from Maine to Maui."
Mon Jul 29, 09:02:00 AM EDT
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