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List Price: $39.99 | | Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 178
Released: September 15, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray |
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Editorial Review:
Stars:Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds
Item Type: BLU-RAY DVD Movie
Item Rating: PG13
Street Date: 09/15/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Description of X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Two-Disc Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]:
Wolverine, fan favorite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant's story. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a super-secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth, played respectively by Hugh Jackman (returning to his role) and Liev Schreiber (new to the scene). It helps enormously to have Schreiber, an actor of brawny skills, as the showiest villain; the guy can put genuine menace into a vocal inflection or a shift of the eyes. Danny Huston is the sinister government operative whose experiments keep pullin' Wolverine back in, Lynn Collins is the woman who shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with our hero when he tries to drop out of the program, and Ryan Reynolds adds needed humor, at least for a while. The fast-paced early reels give an entertaining kick-off to the Wolverine saga, only to slow down when a proper plot must be put together--but isn't that perpetually the problem with origin stories? And despite a cool setting, the grand finale is a little hemmed in by certain plot essentials that must be in place for the sequels, which may be why characters do nonsensical things. So, this one is fun while it lasts, if you're not looking for a masterpiece, or an explanation for Wolverine's facial grooming. --Robert Horton
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Two-Disc Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Wolverine.... 
2009-12-23 - Overall the movie was quite a thriller. Although quite a few of the digital enhancements were quite noticeable, the movie itself was good. It fills in the information of who he was before he joined the XMEN and even before he lost his memory.
Crazy action movie 
2009-12-22 - This was a big nonstop action video. If you like any X-men, you will like this. Great special effects...worth the money.
The best of the Xmen Films
2009-12-17 - 1. I like most have watched the prior 3 Xmen DVDs and this is the best by far.
2. Unlike the other films, this film is focused solely on Wolverine and thus the writing / storyline is much more in depth and sophisticated. In many ways it's akin to Batman Begins. A definite must see for all Xmen fans.
AWESOME!!!
2009-12-17 - I give the seller alot of credit, very punctual and professional. Recommend to all Amazon clients.
Unnecessary, if watchable 
2009-12-16 - The Bottom Line:
After a cool opening credit sequence (that adds this film, along with other luminaries like America's Sweethearts, to the list of films that peak before 10 minutes have elapses) Wolverine devolves into a rather bland "origin story" that's made even more redundant by the fact that those of us who have seen the first three X-men movies know exactly where things are going; though Jackman and (especially) Schrieber give it their all, there's not a lot here to like.
2.5/4
