DVD review: X Men Origins: Wolverine, For retail & rental (20th Century Fox)
Your support helps us to tell the story
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.
The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.
Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.
Gavin Hood, the director of Tsotsi, revives Marvel Comics' X-Men franchise with this handsome yet redundant prequel.
If you want to know how Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) acquired his metal skeleton, the answers are all here – but most of them were in X-Men 2, anyway. The prestigious cast (including Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston) can't disguise the pointlessness of the exercise, nor the cynicism of shoehorning in irrelevant characters from the comics.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments