Saturday, May 9, 2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine **

Blow-out special effects, a very buff Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, a secret government program, and sibling rivalry (with a fierce Liev Schreiber) populate this origin story. The story is functional, but hardly original. The acting is adequate, but one does wish that Jackman was not cast as the least articulate of the mutants. The movie will be well-received by its target audience of teenage males.

Rated PG-13. 107 minutes. Gavin Hood - Director, David Benioff - Writer (screenplay), Skip Woods - Writer (screenplay), Hugh Jackman - Producer, John Palermo - Producer, Lauren Shuler Donner - Producer, Ralph Winter - Producer, Donald M. McAlpine - Cinematographer, Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer, Barry Robison - Production Designer, Nicolas De Toth - Editor, Megan Gill - Editor. Produced and distibuted by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Principal actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Will.i.am, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, and Daniel Henney.

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