The Wolverine

If you're anything like me, when you saw the title for the sixth installment of the XMEN series was The Wolverine, a brief nightmare of X-Men Origins flitted through your mind. Thankfully, Hollywood heard fans groaning, and answered them with The Wolverine everyone wanted to see the first time.

Wolverine picks up after the events of Last Stand in the tundra of Canada where Logan is haunted by the killing of Jean Grey and coincidentally an incident that Logan experienced years before at the bombing of Nagasaki. Coincidentally because when he goes to town in search of some hunters who illegally poisoned a grizzly he meets up with Yukio, a woman who informs him the man he saved all those years ago at that bombing is dying and would like to say goodbye. Now if you've seen the trailers, you know this isn't all he wants: Like any good friend, he also wants to help Logan die.

After five movies, any series can start to feel a little stale or even worse to outlandish to be considered. Now I understand outlandish is kind of a relative term when it comes to mutant superheros but with one title you'll understand what I mean: Spider-Man 3. Filmmakers reach too far for originality and make the concept hokey and pathetic. So when they basically tried a new spin on the Wolverine it could have come off hokey, but believe me when I say there is nothing hokey about The Wolverine fighting NINJAS! Thats not sarcasm. It truely is amazing that they pulled off that fight without it ever feeling like it was trying too hard. This is a Wolverine that can be proud to stand in the XMen canon.

PS: The price of admission would be worth it if the only scene you see is the post credits scene, so STAY for it and be wowed.