{"id":4477,"date":"2025-10-28T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:24:31","slug":"movie-the-wolverine-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/movie-the-wolverine-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: The Wolverine (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2013
Rating: PG-13
Length: 126 minutes \/ 2.10 hours<\/p>\n

It’s nice to know that of all the X-Men<\/em> characters to get a spinoff trilogy, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) was able to improve from one movie to the next. Of course, it’s easy to surpass the peculiar X-Men Origins<\/em> (2009) with a movie that explores what happens when Wolverine loses one of the core parts of his identity as a mutant. It also helped that this film (and its sequel, Logan<\/em><\/a> (2017)) were directed by James Mangold\u2014a solid director with a variety of different genres under his belt.<\/p>\n

I’m glad this little piece of Marvel recognizes there are other locations in the world other than New York City and San Francisco. Having the Japanese setting combined with a nuclear backstory (which also ties into the mutant nature of Wolverine) felt like a breath of fresh air for these superhero films. Because having Wolverine fight guys wielding katanas seems like a natural thing to happen in Japan (and it’s fun to watch). The action overall is quite impressive, including a big set piece that takes place on a bullet train.<\/p>\n

One thing that forms Wolverine’s identity is his mutant ability to regenerate. When The Wolverine<\/em> (2013) focused on taking away that power, it raised the stakes in a way that the other films hadn’t. Now the immortal Wolverine could be killed. The problem, though, was that this concept never got very far in this film. It was a neat “what if” that felt like it was forgotten by the third act just to shoehorn in a “big bad” villain for Wolverine to fight. Still, it wasn’t any worse than having a botched Deadpool adaptation for your movie’s big reveal\/finale.<\/p>\n

A great Wolverine<\/em> idea that doesn’t quite stick the landing, I give The Wolverine<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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