![]() He also gets to demonstrate his tender side by romancing Mariko, the granddaughter of the man whose life he saved. This Logan shows more emotion than just his usual anger. He gets to stretch a bit more than usual and physically he's even more ripped than ever (see photo). But then this is the sixth time he's played this role in a movie and it should seem like second nature to him by now. Once again Hugh Jackman is terrific as Logan/Wolverine. Instead it is Logan's personal journey back to life from a very dark place. That's because this isn't really an X-Men movie at all. You'll notice they dropped the X-Men from the title. But then The Wolverine isn't your average superhero movie. With the balance of action being less than you would expect in your average superhero movie. What follows is a fairly interesting mix of intrigue, romance, drama and action. Reluctantly Logan agrees to travel to Tokyo, where -of course- he finds a far different situation than he was led to believe. Now old and dying and wishing to say goodbye to the man who saved his life so many years ago. History catches up to him with the arrival of a young woman sent by this same man. Logan saved the life of a Japanese soldier that day. When the story begins a grizzled and unkempt Logan is plagued with nightmares of Jean and of his experience at Nagasaki in Japan when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city to end WWII. Wolverine has retreated to the remote Canadian wilderness to lick his emotional wounds. The X-Men have disbanded and several years have passed. 7 years and 2 X-Men prequels later, the franchise finally returns to the storyline after 2006's Last Stand, where Wolverine killed the evil Dark Phoenix/Jean Grey. ![]()
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