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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1831 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-10-19
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Wolverine, fan favourite 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 pulling 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 humour, 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, Amazon.com

Stills from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Click for larger image)

Special Features
Blu-ray only:

Commentary by Director Gavin Hood

Commentary by Producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter

The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee & Len Wein

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

Weapon X Mutant Files (in 10 sections introducing the characters)

The Thrill of the Chase: The Helicopter Sequence

Ultimate X-Mode

X Connect

The Director's Chair

Pre-visualizing Wolverine

+ BD Live (IMDB feature) and BD J (PiP and a quiz)

Synopsis
As the title implies, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE is the back story of the fiery and conflicted Wolverine (né James Logan), whose mutant powers include killer claws that shoot from his knuckles and a regenerative ability that allows him to live seemingly forever. Taking a few mild liberties but staying relatively faithful to the comic-book source material, ORIGINS follows Logan from his first recognition of his mutant powers as a young child up through his infamous adamantium rebirth and the total memory loss that would subsequently fuel his angry quest. Wolverine’s story has enough intriguing details to allow for a grown-up psychodrama in the mold of THE DARK KNIGHT, and the actors on hand--including Danny Huston as Stryker and Liev Schreiber as Logan’s half-brother, Victor (aka Sabretooth)--have the chops to deliver. Director Gavin Hood, however, opts in favor of cinematic razzle-dazzle heavy on John Woo-style action-ballet and CGI glitz. From Deadpool’s eye-popping swordplay (the action-adventure equivalent of Riverdance) to the tightrope-walk of a fight scene in the film’s finale, WOLVERINE is a blockbuster action film in the most fundamental sense of the word.

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Customer Reviews

Hugh Jackman was born to play Wolverine and this a great spin-off to the X-Men saga.
This X-Men film is set before the first three X-Men films and tells us the story of Wolverine and his twisted brother Sabretooth. The action comes thick and fast with a clever plot for a comic based movie. Deadpool makes a great villian and his final battle with Wolverine is super cool. One of my favourite X-Men heroes Gambit is introduced to us at long last, it only took four films but better late then never. I enjoyed this film just as much as the other three X-Men films and Hugh Jackman is on top form as Wolverine. The blu-ray transfar is razor sharp just like Wolverines claws!

Good creation film
I think the main problem with this movie is that it is very difficult to do 'creation' movies and keep them up to the quality people expect. This is because you have to build up the characters, background, motivation etc, then have the 'main event' and then of course a short action part at the end. This inevitably makes these a lot slower in pace and action to normal superhero movie. Saying that, I found this one pretty good, lots of action, good performances and the story was clever. Admittedly due to the dark nature of the movie, this doesn't show up the HD especially and to be honest the sound didn't leave any lasting impression on me, but I still enjoyed this Blu-Ray and was a good addition to raft of these movies either already out or due soon.

Sound and fury signifying nothing
X-Men 1 and 2 were the best Marvel adaptations. X-Men 3 one of the worst. Which way would this go? Well sadly, it's just dull. In fact for all the racing about, fighting, explosions, mutating and general mayhem, the only thing that sparks any real interest or empathy is the love story between Wolverine and Kayla Silverfox. And clearly the love interest is not supposed to be central to a Marvel adaptation. Sad.