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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
496K
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Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
An origins story that chronicles the early life of James Howlett (Jackman) and his relationship and eventual falling out with Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Schreiber), and his fateful entry into the Weapons X project.
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The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolv... Read allThe early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.

IMDb RATING
6.5/10
496K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
916
243
  • Director
    • Gavin Hood
  • Writers
    • David Benioff(screenplay)
    • Skip Woods(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hugh Jackman
    • Liev Schreiber
    • Ryan Reynolds
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  • Director
    • Gavin Hood
  • Writers
    • David Benioff(screenplay)
    • Skip Woods(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hugh Jackman
    • Liev Schreiber
    • Ryan Reynolds
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    • 777User reviews
    • 251Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 21 nominations

    Videos17

    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- Trailer #2
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- Trailer #1
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- Trailer #1
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    Why 'Dark Phoenix' Proves the X-Men Need Space
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Wolverine"
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Wolverine"
    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "What's Your Plan?"
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "What's Your Plan?"
    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Right Where You Want Him"
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Right Where You Want Him"
    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Fred Dukes"
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "I'm Coming for You"
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "I'm Coming for You"
    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Are You Remy Lebeau" Clip
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    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Are You Remy Lebeau" Clip
    X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- "Legends" Clip
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    Liev Schreiber and Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
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    Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
    Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
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    Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
    Liev Schreiber in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
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    Hugh Jackman and Taylor Kitsch in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

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    Hugh Jackman
    Hugh Jackman
    • Loganas Logan…
    Liev Schreiber
    Liev Schreiber
    • Victor Creedas Victor Creed
    Ryan Reynolds
    Ryan Reynolds
    • Wade Wilsonas Wade Wilson
    Danny Huston
    Danny Huston
    • Strykeras Stryker
    Will.i.am
    Will.i.am
    • John Wraithas John Wraith
    Lynn Collins
    Lynn Collins
    • Kayla Silverfoxas Kayla Silverfox
    Kevin Durand
    Kevin Durand
    • Fred Dukesas Fred Dukes
    Dominic Monaghan
    Dominic Monaghan
    • Chris Bradleyas Chris Bradley…
    Taylor Kitsch
    Taylor Kitsch
    • Remy LeBeauas Remy LeBeau
    Daniel Henney
    Daniel Henney
    • Agent Zeroas Agent Zero
    Tim Pocock
    Tim Pocock
    • Scott Summersas Scott Summers
    Julia Blake
    Julia Blake
    • Heather Hudsonas Heather Hudson
    Max Cullen
    Max Cullen
    • Travis Hudsonas Travis Hudson
    Troye Sivan
    Troye Sivan
    • Jamesas James
    Michael-James Olsen
    • Young Victoras Young Victor
    Peter O'Brien
    Peter O'Brien
    • John Howlettas John Howlett
    Aaron Jeffery
    Aaron Jeffery
    • Thomas Loganas Thomas Logan
    Alice Parkinson
    Alice Parkinson
    • Elizabeth Howlettas Elizabeth Howlett
    • Director
      • Gavin Hood
    • Writers
      • David Benioff(screenplay)
      • Skip Woods(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born two hundred years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on. Basically, they're fighters and killers, living from war to war throughout U.S. history. In modern times, a U.S. Colonel, Stryker, recruits them and other mutants as commandos. Logan quits and becomes a logger, falling in love with a local teacher. When Logan refuses to rejoin Stryker's crew, the Colonel sends the murderous Victor. Logan now wants revenge. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
    • good versus evil
    • self healing
    • deflecting bullets with sword
    • commando
    • civil war
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
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    • Genres
      • Action
      • Sci-Fi
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the flashback to Africa, a young black girl with white hair can be seen. This is the young Ororo Monroe (Storm), the future X-Men member. This scene was removed from the final cut, but appears as a deleted scene in the DVD.
    • Goofs
      Sabretooth and Wolverine are supposed to be brothers, but in the first X-Men (2000) movie they encounter each other several times and there is no mention of this connection. This is because Sabretooth suffers from amnesia just like Wolverine, as explained in the comic book "X2 Prequels: Wolverine", which takes place between X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003).
    • Quotes

      William Stryker: Your country needs you.

      Logan: I'm Canadian.

    • Crazy credits
      SPOILER: There are two scenes set after the closing credits. The film's main post-credits scene is of the Deadpool, still alive after being decapitated. He reaches for his head and whispers briefly, ending the scene. This scene does not lead into Deadpool (2016) as that film is set in the new X-Men timeline, whereas this film is set in the old X-Men timeline. An alternate post-credits scene seen (only on the DVD) is of Wolverine in a Japanese bar, leading into The Wolverine (2013). During the original theatrical run, which scene you saw was random depending on your theater; the home video version features the Deadpool scene after the credits and the Japanese bar scene is available on the two-disc DVD as a deleted scene.
    • Alternate versions
      German theatrical version was cut by the distributor before submission to the FSK to secure a "Not under 16" rating (the killing of the old couple is shortened, you don't see Wolverine igniting the gasoline). Ironically, the uncut version, submitted for the home video release, was rated "Not under 16" as well, thus rendering the cut theatrical version completely unnecessary.
    • Connections
      Edited into Deadpool 2 (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Hávamál
      Traditional

      Arranged by Harry Gregson-Williams (uncredited)

    User reviews777

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    Top review
    5/10
    Not a bad film by all means, but Wolverine did deserve a better origin story
    The first X-Men film was fun and well-made though with a beginning-of-the-franchise-not-yet-properly-finding-its-feet feel; X-Men 2 was very, very good indeed and an example of a bigger and darker sequel better than the original(even if it wasn't quite perfect either) and X-Men 3 The Last Stand while nowhere near as bad as its reputation was disappointing(after being so impressed by the previous two) and a step-back in the franchise. X-Men Origins: Wolverine had much going for it but while it is nowhere near a bad film it could have delivered more, considering that this was an origins prequel story. X-Men Origins: Wolverine does have good things, it's well shot and edited(if a little rapid in a couple of the fighting sequences), the special effects are nicely executed and not used too much and the dark, gritty style of the previous three films is wisely maintained, nothing overblown or static here. The opening sequence is robust and exciting and gives you the sense of "looks like we're in for a treat here", most of the action sequences have tension and thrills especially at the end(which also makes a real effort to tie up loose ends), Sabretooth/Victor and Stryker are well-realised and there are a few good performances. Wolverine may be too ambivalent character-development-wise but Hugh Jackman's charisma and grizzled demeanour is pitched perfectly, Liev Schreiber brings real meat, toughness and menace to Victor/Sabretooth and Danny Huston as the villain Stryker is both classy and ruthless and does them very effectively, Stryker avoids being too one-dimensional. Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Kitsch do what they can and are quite good.

    X-Men Origins: Wolverine does suffer however from a lot of the same things that X-Men The Last Stand had. The script is very contrived and in a worse way than X-Men The Last Stand, emotional moments are forced, exposition and any explanations are underdeveloped and any bits of humour are on the broad side(X-Men 2 especially avoided this and had a much more even balance). The story has some good atmosphere and good scenes and has some tension, but it does try to cram in too much and things feel rushed and not as developed as they ought. Gavin Hood does reasonably admirably in the action but very like Brett Ratner he is surprisingly not as comfortable in the non-action scenes, in a way that the writing and story, that should give the film depth, are sacrificed by the action(again mostly very good, apart from ones that did lag and you couldn't always tell who was who). Apart from Sabretooth and Stryker (Wolverine was written much better in the first two films but Jackman's presence did make up for things), the characters are disappointingly written, especially Deadpool who had a lot of potential but disappears just like that and appears even more abruptly much later at a stage where you think they've forgotten all about him. Gambit was also treated fairly insignificantly, and other characters like Blob and Kayla(Lynn Collins' acting is wooden in this part) are pretty useless. It doesn't have the too many characters problem like The Last Stand did but it like that film doesn't develop or write the characters well but not as insultingly. On a side note one positive review said that they couldn't understand why The Last Stand and this got criticised for the characters and the first two get a free pass; actually the first two films have been criticised for under-utilising characters and bad acting in them, namely Cyclops and Storm, but at least they tried to respect the characters and not distort them or deprive them of personality like this and Last Stand did(and this is NOT coming from a comic-book purist, far from it, you don't even need to have read an X-Men comic to have this criticism). Harry Gregson-Williams' score has some excitement and induces some suspense but at other points it's too over-bearing and strident, of the X-Men films this film had the least effective score in my opinion. Will.i.Am being cast in an X-Men film would cause alarm bells and his performance is not any better, it felt out of place.

    To conclude, could have been better but it's not that bad. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 2009 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • 20th Century Fox (France)
      • 20th Century Fox (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wolverine
    • Filming locations
      • Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Marvel Enterprises
      • Dune Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $150,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $179,883,157
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $85,058,003
      • May 3, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $373,062,864
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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