The Wolverine - Movie Review, Readers Feedback

After the release of Red 2 and Turbo last week, here is another film based on a comic book character. For the uninitiated, The Wolverine is a 'ronin' mutant superhero with metallic claws rising from his knuckles. He often appears as an associate of the X-Men. This film is a pure pulp fiction based on the 1982 limited series on the character's exploits in Japan. Though the film connects and refers to various past X-Men films, this one is no sequel. It has a consolidated story by itself and the past references beautifully merge with the present tale on its own. 

The narration begins with two snippets. The first: Logan's act of protecting a Japanese soldier and their survival during the holocaust at a Japanese POW camp on the outskirts of Nagasaki, during World War II. And the second, his nightmares of having killed the love of his life, Jean Grey, and he swearing not to lead a violent life. After establishing the back story, the film rolls with an unkempt Logan leading a passive life in the Yukon wilds, occasionally losing his temper, when he sees sport hunters killing wild bears for amusement. It is during his stay at the Yukon wilds that a red-haired mysterious woman, Yukio, surfaces to inform him that he is summoned to Japan by a dying millionaire, Mr. Yashida. Ironically, Mr. Yashida is the Japanese soldier whose life Logan had saved in Nagasaki. Hence, he complies with the request and travels to Japan. Continue to read the story and movie review of The Wolverine in the slideshow.