Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds

Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

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36% liked it

239 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Gavin Hood

Release Date: May 1, 2009

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DVD Release Date: September 15, 2009

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  • May 1, 2009
    The most entertaining & emotional of the "X-Men" film series. Thrilling, action-packed and suprisingly heartbreaking
  • October 20, 2009
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  • October 6, 2009
    Enjoyable action movie and decent addition to the Xmen franchise but could and should have been a lot better.
  • October 4, 2009
    The best X-men to date! Jackman and Schreiber are fantastic, the supporting cast rocks the mutant world while keeping a truly human look, the script, direction and action are all spot on. The back story on Wolverine lets you see the passion that rules Logan and this film defini...( read more)tely has re-watch written all over it.
  • September 21, 2009
    Ok, Marvel fans forget most of what you know about the origins of Wolverine and check out this new take. Note that I did not say "new and improved," but it really isn't all that bad as long as you are looking for action over accuracy.
    After reading all of the negative press I...( read more) expected a real bomb, but there was none. This movie delivered its bill. Action packed, great special effects, and it was interesting to watch. The introduction of Victor gave us some pulp to chew on and the story was old, but salvageable.
    At the same time, we really had to suspend our disbelief over and over again. Wolvie has a big time healing factor, but he is not invulnerable as this movie would lead us to believe. There are some cheap explanations to some important questions and very little to hold on to in terms of character development and plot. We forgo the story to see the sights.
    Perhaps it was the fact that I was expecting so very little and got much more than I had anticipated, but a solid 3.5 stars for hardcore action and some fantastic effects which bring this eye candy to life.
  • November 7, 2009
    not a very good ending
  • November 7, 2009
    I liked it, I had to rewind to see Hugh Jackman's butt again, but the movie was quite good :D
  • November 6, 2009
    BEST MOVIE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD EVER!!!!!!!!!! ITS A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!
  • November 6, 2009
    fucken awesome movie and great addition to the xmen series of movies
  • November 6, 2009
    es una exelente pelicula que narra los inicios de logan

Critic Reviews


May 6, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

Each CGI set piece erases distance, space, weight, gravity and wit. It's empty, soulless action -- visual noise. full review

May 1, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR

Those movies where people get sent to an island somewhere, then discover that everyone's a clone, or a reactor is melting down? Imagine all of that happening at once, only everybody is indestructible. full review

May 1, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Suitably filling, if not always nutritious. full review

May 1, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV

Hugh Jackman's feral superhero is back, and maybe even better. full review

April 30, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com

Hugh Jackman's action-filled spinoff delivers on the brawn but not the soul of the "X-Men" franchise that spawned it. full review

April 30, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A transparent attempt to squeeze a faltering franchise for its last drop of box-office juice. full review

April 30, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The problem with Wolverine isn't that the mythology is detailed and potentially confusing. The bigger issue is that "Wolverine" is so uninvolving that you might not care whether you remember what happ... full review

April 30, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

The direction, by Gavin Hood is a case study in mismanagement: of anger, rage, demonic howls that grow into howlers, Olympian camera angles and, above all else, the mismanagement of an unusually perso... full review

April 30, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

A crude blunderbuss of a superhero movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine proves that the greatest supervillains confronting Marvel Comics' shape-shifters, lycanthropes and mind-readers are clumsy directors ... full review

April 30, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Perhaps this was the wrong X-Man to command an entire movie. Somebody find Jackman a role in which he gets to smile, and wake me up when Ian McKellen's back to terrorizing the X-world. full review

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Comments


  • katasteaua2002
    September 14, 2009
    the best movie
  • suzanandebele
    May 21, 2009
    this movie rocks, Lorgan I love u, u are the best.
    to the directors make the last X-men, I would really love to see what happens to victor.........
    Its the best!!!!!!!!!
  • cantlivewithoutnarnia92
    May 15, 2009
    What other x-men origins are they going to make? I can't wait!!!
  • mmh6
    May 15, 2009
    Tha film was awesome

    but i think this film should be the first chain of previous x-man series
  • liliecv1
    May 9, 2009
    it was good, good enough to make me wanna see x- men again.
  • mwaakwe
    May 9, 2009
    the movie was great and was lots of fun though i could actually see the ropes that were tied behind the guys as they did their stunts
    must have been a PIRATE!! OOPS...
  • MercWithTheMouth
    May 6, 2009
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  • echegeh
    May 2, 2009
    This is a good movie...a little different from the others but nontheless inriguing to find out the origins of the x men....cant wait to see the next of the x me origins especialy that of storm...
  • whighthours100
    April 27, 2009
    THANKS
  • MizasterJ
    April 17, 2009
    I read all about the Wolverine movie getting spoiled. Thats really no surprise to me. It happened way back in 2003 with the 1st Hulk film, although they found the guy who uploaded it and busted him, he went to jail I beleive.

    You would think that people would get the message, but this happens all the time, and I dont see any signs of it stopping. Now some guy at fox new supposedly lost his job cause he watched an unlicensed release and wrote a review.

    The Internet community is just going to pirate whatever they can get their hands on, so if its leaked its fair game to them. How did it get leaked? who knows but are the viewers really responsible? No. Therefore should not be held liable, as long as there not distributing.

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  • Which of the following was never a member of James Logan/Wolverine/ Hugh Jackman's team under William Stryker in X-Men Origins: Wolverine?  Answer »
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  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine- Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) is about to rape a woman during the Vietnam War and is stopped by a superior officer who he proceeds to kill. My question is, what did the officer say before Victor dispatches him?  Answer »
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