X-Men Origins: Wolverine

"Witness the origin."

2009 1h 47m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 11,608

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Synopsis

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After seeking to live a normal life after 200 years, Logan sets out to avenge a death by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.

“Witness the origin.”

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Cast

Hugh Jackman
Logan / Wolverine
Liev Schreiber
Victor Creed
Danny Huston
Stryker
Lynn Collins
Kayla Silverfox
Kevin Durand
Fred Dukes
Dominic Monaghan
Bradley
Taylor Kitsch
Remy LeBeau
Daniel Henney
Agent Zero

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: David Benioff, Skip Woods, David Russell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Wolverine Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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236+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gavin Hood, shot by Donald McAlpine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Megan Gill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Gavin Hood directs. Donald McAlpine behind the camera. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Megan Gill cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "The Wolverine Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4236+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Gavin Hood, shot by Donald McAlpine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Megan Gill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Witness the origin.".
10IMDB entry: tt0458525 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1111,608 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "army", "corruption", "superhero", "mutant".
13Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Megan Gill
Production design: Barry Robison
VFX supervisor: Christopher Townsend
Stunt coordinator: Mike Mitchell
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $150,000,000
Box office: $373,062,864
Return: 249% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Part of

The Wolverine Collection

A superhero film series based on the comic book character of the same name published by Marvel Comics. The series centers on Wolverine a mutant possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor, and three retractable claws in each hand. Wolverine's alter ego is James Howlett and he is also known as Logan or Weapon X.

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Andres Gomez2014-08-17
★ 3/10
Baaaad ... oh, baaaaaad. Hugh Jackman is always great as the Wolverine but this story doesn't have any sense nor excuse.
tmdb440066252019-03-09
★ 3/10
I watched this film and felt like they shot it without an actual script, filming whatever came to mind. And what do you know, I found out later that they really didn't have a script to follow. Makes sense now why many scenes feel rushed or incomplete, most of the effects look half rendered, and "Deadpool" looked like an absolute disaster. And yet, oddly enough, it's not the worse film in the X-Men franchise. It just sets the bar exceedingly low.
r96sk2021-05-21
★ 7/10
Just about passable. I never felt bored while watching 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', which is why I can't give it a lower rating. The action is well done and it gives the satisfactory amount of enjoyment, shame the CGI isn't quite up to scratch though. As with the preceding three 'X-Men' releases, I really do enjoy watching Hugh Jackman as Wolverine - he is certainly the best thing about these films. With all that noted, the film does definitely have issues. I didn't overly like the new characters and the plot didn't truly fulfil what I was expecting/wanting from an origin story, even if it is fairly fun to watch. Elsewhere, Ryan Reynolds is introduced as his well known character, I look forward to seeing more of him in the role - here, he's fine. Four films in and there's a slow decline ongoing, hopefully 'X-Men: First Class' at least regains footing with the opening two productions. I'm watching these in release order. /copied directly from my Letterboxd review\