After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.
Alas, there's nothing quite memorable here: much of the combat is just a whirl of movement photographed up close. As the X-Men series has progressed, the startling poetic extravagances of the first film have given way to flesh-pounding clumsiness.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
4 May 2009
rotten:
I was definitely disappointed.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
4 May 2009
rotten:
Wolverine's backstory was good stuff -- but after the falling out with Schreiber, the story loses its center and it gets wobbly.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
4 May 2009
fresh:
Did the plot points stick in my head five minutes after leaving the theater? Not so much ... but I know I was having fun while watching.
– Sara Vilkomerson,
New York Observer,
6 May 2009
fresh:
You won't be upset you saw it, you'll have some fun, you'll see Wolvie beat the living hell out of a helicopter.