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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

POSTED BY Screen Junkies | MONDAY JULY 28 AT 7:03 PDT 
You don't have to be a cellar-dwelling comic nerd to have an unhealthy obsession with the X-Men, which is why the movies have been so successful, even though Brett Ratner made a mess of X3. The next taste we're going to get of the team of super mutants comes in the form of Wolverine's backstory. Hugh Jackma, of course, is still the one weilding the adamantium claws, along side a bunch of other mutants including Lady Deathstrike, Gambit and Sabretooth. If you're even a little familiar with the comics, you know that Wolverine has one of the more interesting stories, so hopefully they won't royally screw it up with lots non-sensical flashback footage or the tap dancing ugh is so fond of.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13

Release date: 5/1/09
\'X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE\' REVIEW

'X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE' REVIEW

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I have to warn you: I’ve been an X-Men fan since I was a young’un, even going so far as to have an X-Men tattoo emblazoned onto my left arm in college.  Regrettably, my choice – a Jim Lee-era black circle with an “X” inside and red filler – can sometimes be mistaken for neo-Nazi chic.  Consequently, my wardrobe will forever include sleeves.  Last week, I caught a screening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and director Gavin Hood gave a very sobered speech prior to rolling the film.  In it, he made it crystal clear that the now-infamous leaked version– the one that was critically bashed – was missing about 400 effects shots, an entire score, sound design, and the color timing had not been done, either.  In effect, it was a rough cut.  I haven’t seen it, though I must admit curiosity after rumors came out that the finished film and the leaked version were virtually the same, in terms of the edit.  But I went into it with optimism... More...