X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Gavin Hood

Writers (WGA):

David Benioff (screenplay) and
Skip Woods (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program. |

Plot Keywords:

Mutant | Revenge | Massacre | Helicopter Chasing Motorcycle | Based On Comic

Awards:

6 nominations

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Hugh Jackman	...	Logan / Wolverine
Liev Schreiber	...	Victor Creed
Danny Huston	...	William Stryker
Will i Am	...	John Wraith
Lynn Collins	...	Kayla Silverfox
Kevin Durand	...	Fred Dukes
Dominic Monaghan	...	Chris Bradley / Bolt
Taylor Kitsch	...	Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Daniel Henney	...	David North / Agent Zero
Ryan Reynolds	...	Wade Wilson
Tim Pocock	...	Scott Summers
Julia Blake	...	Heather Hudson
Max Cullen	...	Travis Hudson
Troye Sivan	...	Young James Howlett
Michael-James Olsen	...	Young Victor Creed
Peter O'Brien	...	John Howlett
Aaron Jeffery	...	Thomas Logan
Alice Parkinson	...	Elizabeth Howlett
Philip A. Patterson	...	Firing Squad Leader (as Phil Patterson)
Anthony Gee	...	Carnival Guy
Adelaide Clemens	...	Carnival Girl
Karl Beattie	...	School Child
Tom O'Sullivan	...	Logging Supervisor
Myles Pollard	...	Phelan
Stephen Anderton	...	Marcuse
Chris Sadrinna	...	Van Mier
Septimus Caton	...	Bartender
Matthew Dale	...	Surgeon
Nathin Butler	...	Male Nurse #1
Peter Barry	...	Male Nurse #2
David Ritchie	...	Dr. Abraham Cornelius
Asher Keddie	...	Dr. Carol Frost
Socratis Otto	...	Lead Technician –Alkali Lake
Stephen Leeder	...	General Munson
James D. Dever	...	Platoon Leader
Martin Obuga	...	Muttering Man
Rita Affua Connell	...	Nervous African Woman
John Shrimpton	...	Stryker Aide
Henry Browne	...	Curtis
Tahyna Tozzi	...	Emma Frost
Daniel Negreanu	...	Poker Player #1
Alexandra Davies	...	Woman of the Night (as Alex Davies)
Don Battee	...	Huge Doorman
Evan Sturrock	...	Drunken Man In Alley
Rob Flanagan	...	Driver #1
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	African Businessman
Alison Araya	...	Teacher
Eric Breker	...	Special Forces Commander
Eileen Bui	...	Vietnamese Child #1
Adrian Hughes	...	Hunter #1
Byron Chief-Moon	...	Hunter #2
Mike Dopud	...	Vietnam Army Officer #1
Beatrice Ilg	...	Waitress #1
Kanako Takegishi	...	Waitress #2
Panou	...	Tank Soldier
Johnson Phan	...	Vietnamese Man
Elizabeth Thai	...	Vietnamese Woman
Jade Tang	...	Mutant Twin #1
Joelle Tang	...	Mutant Twin #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennis Kreusler	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Patrick Stewart	...	Professor Charles Xavier (uncredited)
Ian Thompson	...	School bus driver (uncredited)

Directed by
Gavin Hood

Writing credits (WGA)
David Benioff		(screenplay) and
Skip Woods		(screenplay)

Produced by
Richard Donner	....	executive producer
Louis G. Friedman	....	co-producer
Hugh Jackman	....	producer
Stan Lee	....	executive producer
Peter MacDonald	....	co-producer
John Palermo	....	producer
Lauren Shuler Donner	....	producer
Whitney Thomas	....	associate producer
Ralph Winter	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Gregson-Williams

Cinematography by
Donald McAlpine		(director of photography) (as Donald M. McAlpine)

Film Editing by
Nicolas De Toth
Megan Gill

Casting by
Christine King
Debra Zane

Production Design by
Barry Robison

Art Direction by
Michael Diner
Brian Edmonds
Ian Gracie		(supervising art director)
Helen Jarvis
Karen Murphy
Mark Robins

Set Decoration by
Rebecca Cohen
Sandy Walker

Costume Design by
Louise Mingenbach

Makeup Department
Paige Badenoch	....	hair stylist
Paige Badenoch	....	makeup artist
Sabrina Beaufort-Langridge	....	additional makeup artist
David A. Brooke	....	special makeup effects artist: mold maker
Kirimoana Cook	....	makeup artist
Emanuela Daus	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Dalia Fernandez	....	hair stylist
Dalia Fernandez	....	makeup artist
Kristelle Gardiner	....	prosthetic technician
Alec Gillis	....	special makeup effects designer
Nikki Gooley	....	hair designer
Nikki Gooley	....	makeup designer
Connie Grayson	....	hair technician
Rob Hinderstein	....	special makeup effects artist
Akihito Ikeda	....	special effects makeup artist: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Aline Joyce	....	assistant makeup artist
Jamie Kelman	....	special makeup effects artist
Steve Koch	....	prosthetic designer and sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Vanessa Langford	....	assistant makeup artist
Antony McMullen	....	special makeup effects artist: Prosthetic Transfers
Anita Morgan	....	hairdresser
Anita Morgan	....	makeup artist
Lynne O'Brien	....	additional makeup artist
Don Rutherford	....	prosthetics painter: Amalgamated Dynamics Incorporated
Khanh Trance	....	special effects hair: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	special makeup effects artist
Colin Ware	....	prosthetics supervisor
Randy Westgate	....	special makeup effects artist: Kevin Durand, Ryan Reynolds
Randy Westgate	....	special makeup effects: Kevin Durand
Amy Wood	....	hair stylist: second unit
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	co-makeup designer
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	special makeup effects designer
Josh Head	....	prosthetic technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Simon Ambridge	....	production supervisor: NZ
Stewart Bethune	....	production manager: Canada
Tic Carroll	....	unit manager
Chris Dowell	....	post-production supervisor
Louis G. Friedman	....	unit production manager
Kim Gladman	....	assistant unit manager
Michelle Russell	....	unit production manager
Andrew Troy	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jon Attenborough	....	third assistant director: second unit
Drew Bailey	....	second assistant director: second unit
Paul Barry	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Paul Barry	....	key second assistant director
Bish Bishop	....	second second assistant director second unit
James Bitonti	....	first assistant director: second unit (additional photography)
Danielle Blake	....	third assistant director
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director: second unit
Misha Bukowski	....	second assistant director (additional photography)
Lee Cleary	....	first assistant director: New Orleans
Janet Gillespie	....	third assistant director: second unit
Kelly Johanson	....	third assistant director
Scott Lovelock	....	second assistant director
Peter MacDonald	....	second unit director
Dan Mansfield	....	second assistant director: second unit, Canada (as Daniel Mansfield)
Philip A. Patterson	....	first assistant director
Hamish Roxburgh	....	assistant director
Jody Ryan	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Brian Smrz	....	second unit director: Canada
Chris Soldo	....	first assistant director
Rhonda Taylor	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Oliver Lee	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
John Allan	....	assistant art director
Kristen Anderson	....	set designer
John Beatty	....	construction coordinator
Carl Braga	....	screen graphics designer
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Steve Court	....	hod plasterer
Brian Cunningham	....	concept illustrator
Richie Dehne	....	property master
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	storyboard artist
Dean Eilertson	....	property master: additional photography
Tania Einberg	....	set dresser
Simon Elsley	....	assistant art director
Gregg Evans	....	art department runner
Kevin Farrell	....	storyboard artist
Kirsten Franson	....	assistant art director
Jack Gauvreau	....	lead sculptor: reshoot
Roger Gillespie	....	second in-charge plaster
Adam Grace	....	models workshop manager
Justin Griffiths	....	greensman
Greg Hajdu	....	construction coordinator
Andrew Hardingham	....	electronics leading hand
Todd Harris	....	concept artist
Michelle Hendriksen	....	assistant property master: additional photography
Jenny Hitchcock	....	set designer
Matt Jermyn	....	screen graphics senior technician
Patrick Kearns	....	on-set dresser: additional photography
Geoff Kemmis	....	concept model maker
Carol Kiefer	....	art department coordinator
Jacinta Leong	....	assistant art director
Clayton Lyons	....	art department production assistant
Dale Mackie	....	concept artist
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist
Chris Marinovich	....	mould shop leading hand
Dale Menzies	....	construction foreman
Audra Neil	....	assistant set decorator: additional photography
Birgitta Nilsson	....	art coordinator
Peter 'Babylon' Owens	....	carpenter
Christopher Rodgers	....	lead carpenter
Dean Rossmo	....	construction buyer
David Russell	....	storyboard artist
Dorotka Sapinska	....	assistant production designer
Dean Sherriff	....	concept artist
Evan Shipard	....	concept artist
Dennis Simard	....	lead set dresser
Ian Sparke	....	webbing supervisor
Luke Sparke	....	key webber
Peter Stratford	....	set designer
Dilys Tan	....	second unit art department coordinator
Kevin Tomecek	....	construction buyer
Chris Tomkins	....	set decoration buyer
Michael Turner	....	assistant art director
Rowan Wademan	....	leading hand model maker
Peter Wyborn	....	models supervisor
Min Yum	....	concept artist
Milena Zdravkovic	....	concept illustrator

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
James Bolt	....	additional sound mixer
Derek Casari	....	stage engineer
Robin Atkin Downes	....	creature sound effects
David Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Randall Guth	....	first assistant sound editor
Mildred Iatrou	....	ADR supervisor (as Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
Jason King	....	sound effects editor
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue supervisor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jerry McLean	....	unit recordist
Rob Nokes	....	sound effects field recordist
Gerry Nucifora	....	boom operator
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineering
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Guntis Sics	....	sound mixer
William Stein	....	re-recording engineer
Ian Thomson	....	sound assistant
Andrew Troy	....	sound
Derek Vanderhorst	....	sound designer
Derek Vanderhorst	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Suma Adams	....	seaming and patching department: Amalgamated Dynamics
Kyle Ashley	....	previz artist
Jason Barnett	....	prosthetic technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Bruce Bright	....	second unit supervisor
Michael Broom	....	conceptual artist: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Tamara Carlson	....	fabrication supervisor: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc
Aaron Cox	....	special effects technician
Val Crawford	....	hair/fabrication: ADI Studios
Jabin Dickins	....	on-set supervisor
Juan Fabrellas	....	special effects technician
David Fedele	....	creature suit fabricator
Horacio Fernandez	....	special effects technician
Lloyd Finnemore	....	special effects assistant supervisor
Damian Fisher	....	mold maker
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Steve Frakes	....	mold shop supervisor: Amalgamated Dynamics
Dean Franklin	....	special effects senior technician
Oliver Gee	....	special effects technician
Anthony Grow	....	special effects technician
Michael Heintzelman	....	graphic layout: Amalgamated Dynamics
Michael Heintzelman	....	project office coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics
Bill Jacob	....	special effects technician
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	designer/sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Jim Leng	....	breakaways coordinator
Mike Manzel	....	special effects technician
Tim Martin	....	special effects technician
Kevin McTurk	....	special effects makeup: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Morgan Muta	....	special effects technician
Steve Newburn	....	special effects technician
Michael O'Brien	....	sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Dan Oliver	....	special effects supervisor
Thomas Ovenshire	....	special effects technician
Ratna Pappert	....	creature suit fabricator: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Jason Pinsker	....	foam latex technician: ADI Inc.
Tim Riach	....	special effects technician
Mike Rotella	....	special effects technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Frank Rydberg	....	special effects technician
Johnnie Saiko	....	special effects technician
Arthur Spink Jr.	....	special effects foreman
Monika Stankowski	....	special effects office coordinator
Rebecca Thiele	....	special effects technician
Barry Thompson	....	special effects technician
Craig Veytia	....	special effects supervisor: Ceg Media
Cam Waldbauer	....	special effects coordinator
David T. Woodruff	....	special effects technician
Clint Zoccoli	....	special effects technician
Josh Head	....	prosthetic technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kevin Aguirre	....	pre-visualization lead
Deborah Alleck	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Belinda Allen	....	digital matte painter
Casey Allen	....	senior flame artist
Michael Angelo	....	inferno artist
Christopher Antoniou	....	modeler / texture artist
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	compositor: Matte World Digital
Mayumi Arakaki	....	digital producer
Spencer Armajo	....	roto and paint artist
Oliver Arnold	....	CG supervisor
Jeff Atherton	....	associate visual effects producer: Hydraulx
Jarrod Avalos	....	visual effects
Satish Babu	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Jörg Baier	....	digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Robert Baird	....	visual effects artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Scott Balkcom	....	digital compositor
Ido Banai	....	flame artist
Berj Bannayan	....	software engineer: Soho VFX
Tony Barger	....	visual effects coordinator: Riot
Aaron Barlow	....	animator: Rising Sun Pictures
Andy Barrios	....	Inferno artist: R!OT
Geeta Basantani	....	digital matte painter: Matte World Digital
Geeta Basantani	....	senior compositor: Matte World Digital
Dominik Bauch	....	visual effects artist
Michael Baula	....	digital artist
Greg Baxter	....	visual effects producer
David Beedon	....	digital effects artist
Matthew Beightol	....	digital artist
Dan Bethell	....	CG supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Rick Boyle	....	visual effects artist: Cinesite, London
Tatjana Bozinovski	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Danny Braet	....	visual effects supervisor: CafeFx
Kane Brassington	....	rotoscope/paint artist
Jared Brient	....	lighting artist: Hydraulx
Kevin R. Browne	....	visual effects
Erik Bruhwiler	....	compositing supervisor: Hydraulx
Romain Buignet	....	visual effects artist: FUEL VFX
Kelly Bumbarger	....	visual effects supervisor: Method
T.J. Burke	....	animator
Andy Burmeister	....	digital effects artist: Luma Pictures
Lindsay Burnett	....	director: business development: LUMA PICTURES
Dorian Bustamante	....	pre-visualization artist
Paul Butterworth	....	visual effects supervisor: FUEL international
Kevin Campbell	....	visual effects
Alexandre Cancado	....	lead compositor: Luma Pictures
Marco Capparelli	....	animator
Alex Carney	....	visual effects artist: Frantic Films
Damien Carr	....	visual effects coordinator: Fox Studios
Michael Cashore	....	compositor
Aaron Chiesa	....	digital artist
Wes Cilldhaire	....	render wrangler: Rising Sun Pictures
Vincent Cirelli	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Trent Claus	....	flame artist
Luke Cole	....	pipeline engineer: FUEL International
Sam Cole	....	compositing supervisor: FUEL International
Sean Coles	....	director of photography: visual effects element unit
Andrew M. Collins	....	animator
Andrew M. Collins	....	matchmove artist
Michael Comfort	....	pre-visualization artist
Cameron Coombs	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Chase Cooper	....	character technical director
Ian Cope	....	visual effects:Rising Sun Pictures
Carol Corwin	....	visual effects producer: Tippett Studio
Glenn Cotter	....	CG Artist: Matte World Digital
Colin Cunningham	....	lighting lead: Soho VFX
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist: HATCH
Ken Dailey	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Dave Dean	....	digital compositor
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	visual effects artist: 3D scanning & modeling
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Del DePierro	....	digital integration
John Dietz	....	visual effects head of production: Rising Sun Pictures
Megan Dolman	....	digital artist
Chad Dombrova	....	technical director: Luma Pictures
Gus Duron	....	digital opticals editor
Michael Dvoravic	....	digital artist
Sam Edwards	....	senior compositor
Nadav Ehrlich	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Thomas Elder-Groebe	....	visual effects coordinator
Tamer Eldib	....	modeler
Mohsen Eletreby	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Marcus Erbar	....	technical director: Hydraulx
Christopher Evans	....	digital matte painter: Matte World Digital
Matt Farell	....	previs artist
Deak Ferrand	....	concept artist / matte painter: HATCH
Duane Floch	....	previz artist
Nick Fredin	....	pre-viz animator
Carl Frytz	....	animator
Anthony Fung	....	digital effects artist
James Furlong	....	texture artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Eric Galoob	....	visual effects editor
Demitre Garza	....	paint artist
Demitre Garza	....	rotoscope artist
Allan Gersten	....	visual effects technical director
Matthew Gilson	....	digital matte painter: Hydraulx
Anthony Grant	....	model/texture artist: Luma-Pictures
Don Greenberg	....	compositor: Hydraulx
John Griffith	....	pre-visualization director
Steve Griffith	....	visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
Jon Grinberg	....	visual effects editor
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	senior visual effects artist
Dean Gula	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Jennifer Gutierrez	....	junior compositor
Brian Hajek	....	compositor
Jamie Hallett	....	senior compositor: RIOT
Jason Michael Hall	....	pre-visualization artist
Chris Halstead	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Éric Hamel	....	digital matte painter: Matte World Digital
Éric Hamel	....	lead matte painter: Matte World Digital
Mara Hamilton	....	visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures
H Haden Hammond	....	sequence supervisor: Luma Pictures
Sam Hancock	....	digital artist
Chris Hardman	....	matchmove artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Joe Harkins	....	character supervisor
Jacob Harris	....	roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures
Josh Hatton	....	digital effects lead
John R. Hazzard	....	pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
David Heinz	....	visual effects editor
Keith Herft	....	compositing lead
Luis Hernandez	....	CG artist: Matte World Digital
Tulio Hernandez	....	lead lighter
Jotham Herzon	....	previsualization artist: Proof Inc.
Martin Hesselink	....	digital artist
Richard Hirst	....	flame artist
Chad Hofteig	....	pre-visualization artist
Brian Howald	....	digital compositor: frantic films
Adam Howard	....	visual effects supervisor: CafeFx
Bryan Howard	....	rigger: Soho VFX
Danny Huerta	....	visual effects coordinator
Nathan Hurlburt	....	digital compositor
Andrew Hwang	....	modeler
Atsushi Imamura	....	visual effects
Chris Ingersoll	....	flame artist
Pasha Ivanov	....	visual effects
Zave Jackson	....	compositor
Joni Jacobson	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX
Mike Jahnke	....	supervising previsualisation artist
Gemma James	....	visual effects coordinator
Justin Jones	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Evan Kantor	....	visual effects coordinator: RIOT
Jiwoon Kim	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Knight	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Eric A. Kohler	....	archive editor: Hydraulx
Eric A. Kohler	....	i/o vfx support
Michael Kowalski	....	head of production: soho vfx
Daniel Kruse	....	visual effects: Hydraulx
Wing Kwok	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Alain Lachance	....	compositor: Mokko Studio
Sabine Laimer	....	digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Billy-Vu Lam	....	animator
Jaymie Lam	....	compositor: Matte World Digital
Jaymie Lam	....	digital artist: Matte World Digital
Kurt Lawson	....	digital compositor
Mike Leben	....	motion control
Kim LeBrane	....	visual effects coordinator
Chris LeDoux	....	sequence supervisor
Sun Lee	....	matte painter: Hydraulx
Joel LeLièvre	....	digital effects artist
Paul Lemeshko	....	visual effects
Dan Levitan	....	digital supervisor
Letia Lewis	....	previsualization artist
Erik Liles	....	visual effects supervisor
Jarrod Linton	....	pre-vis supervisor
Justin Long	....	vfx artist - camera dept
Derick Loo	....	visual effects artist: Soho VFX
Sean Looper	....	pipeline and tools supervisor
Blaine Lougheed	....	visual effects set coordinator: additional photography
Daniel Lu	....	character TD: Soho VFX
Demis Lyall-Wilson	....	digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Craig Lyn	....	additional visual effects supervisor
Clayton Lyons	....	assistant visual effects coordinator
Jessica Madsen	....	digital artist
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Kevin Mah	....	visual effects artist: Soho VFX
Philippe Majdalani	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Alex Manita	....	visual effects
Indah Maretha	....	digital artist
Leonardo Martinez	....	animator
Sean Mattini	....	digital colorist assistant
Jim Maxwell	....	digital matte artist
Morris May	....	CG supervisor
Pat McClung	....	visual effects supervisor (as Patrick McClung)
Campbell McGrouther	....	lighting technical director
John W. McInnis	....	previz artist
Erika A. McKee	....	visual effects producer: R!OT
Landon Medeiros	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Juan Melgoza	....	digital artist
Scott Michelson	....	visual effects executive producer: Hydraulx
Sarah Mihalec	....	production coordinator: Digital Dimension
Steven Miller	....	paint/roto artist: Hydraulx
Jonathan Mitchell	....	visual effects artist
Travis Moore	....	digital artist
Chris Morley	....	compositing supervisor: Tippett Studio
Emily M. Moss	....	assistant coordinator: Fox Studios
Christopher Mullins	....	animator: Tippett
Nick Murphy	....	visual effects editor - rising sun pictures
Ross Nakamura	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Jonathan Neill	....	cg supervisor: cinesite
Marla Neto	....	visual effects production assistant: R!OT
Chun Seong Ng	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: lola visual effects
Jordan Nounnan	....	previsualization artist: Proof
Brian Nugent	....	Flame artist
Dave Olivares	....	visual effects technical director
Robert Olsson	....	matte painter
Mihaela Orzea	....	lead compositor
Molly Pabian	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Peter Pace	....	matte painting supervisor
Premamurti Paetsch	....	lighting technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
Eugene Paluso	....	visual effects artist
Bruno Parenti	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Clark Parkhurst	....	Flame artist
Mitch Paulson	....	second digital colorist: EFilm
Chris Payne	....	compositor
Gerson Paz	....	visual effects production assistant
Dawrath Phoue	....	digital artist
Dawrath Phoue	....	roto/paint artist
Nick Pitt-Owen	....	visual effects artist
John Polyson	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Felix Pomeranz	....	lead data wrangler
Pavel Pranevsky	....	CG supervisor: Luma Pictures
Thomas Proctor	....	visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Tim Quarry	....	animator: Rising Sun Pictures
Steven Quinones-Colon	....	senior lighting technical director
Chris Radcliffe	....	lead character modeler
Kurtis Richmond	....	matte painter: Fuel VFX
Gizmo Rivera	....	compositor
Andy Roberts	....	CG supervisor: Digital Dimension
Ken Rogerson	....	visual effects producer: Matte World Digital
Karl Rogovin	....	3D coordinator: Hydraulx
Karl Rogovin	....	digital artist: Hydraulx
Marcos Romero	....	animator: Luma Pictures
David Rose	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: Mokko Studio
Krystal Sae Eua	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Abe Saleh	....	digital artist
Matthew Santoro	....	visual effects artist
Jordan Schilling	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
David Schnee	....	lead digital compositor: Tippett Studio
David Schoneveld	....	digital effects artist: Hydraulx
York N. Schueller	....	character technical director
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Keith Sellers	....	digital effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Laura Sevilla	....	digital compositor
Rommel Shamoun	....	compositor: Soho VFX
Randal Shore	....	visual effects executive producer: Frantic Films
Joey Sila	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Bobby Silman	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Jared Simeth	....	lead matte painter/compositor: Luma Pictures
Thanapoom Siripopungul	....	character technical director: Luma Pictures
Bryan Smeall	....	lead compositor: Soho VFX
Alex Smith	....	compositor: Cinesite
Todd R. Smith	....	compositor: Matte World Digital
Robert Snyder	....	compositor
Eric So	....	digital compositor
Maciek Sokalski	....	digital compositor
Cameron Sonerson	....	pre-visualisation artist
Safari Sosebee	....	digital artist
Donna Sousa	....	production coordinato: Matte World Digital
Ryan Stafford	....	visual effects producer: Soho VFX
Frankie Stellato	....	digital artist: SohoVFX
Jeremy Stewart	....	previs artist
Michael Stewart	....	pre-vis artist
Colin Strause	....	visual effects designer: Hydraulx
Colin Strause	....	visual effects supervisor: Hydraulx
Greg Strause	....	visual effects designer: Hydraulx
Greg Strause	....	visual effects supervisor: Hydraulx
Richard Sutherland	....	effects artist
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Jeremiah Sweeney	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Sarah Swick	....	production manager: Soho VFX
Martin Tardif	....	lighting technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
Britton Taylor	....	digital artist
Cecile Tecson	....	digital artist
Jacob Telleen	....	render technical assistant: Tippett Studio
Radley Teruel	....	digital artist
Damien Thaller	....	senior digital matte painter: Rising Sun Pictures
Christopher Townsend	....	set visual effects supervisor
Micole Toyloy	....	digital artist
Allen Tracy	....	visual effects editor: Frantic Films Los Angeles
Morgan Trotter	....	CG artist: Matte World Digital
Andrew Ryan Turner	....	visual effects editor
Les Turner	....	animator
Frederick Vega	....	pipeline technical assistant: Tippett Studio
Craig Veytia	....	visual effects producer: Ceg Media
Heidy Villafane	....	pre-visualization artist
Nye Warburton	....	pre-visualization
Kyle Ware	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
James Waterson	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
David Weinstein	....	pre-visualization lead
Cary Welton	....	junior compositor
James Whitlam	....	visual effects executive producer: Rising Sun Pictures
C. Jerome Williams	....	roto/paint artist: Hydraulx
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: lola visual effects
Andrew Winters	....	visual effects
Martin Wiseman	....	visual effects associate producer
Steven D. Wolff	....	roto/paint artist: Hydraulx
Loeng Wong-Savun	....	inferno artist
Kim Worrall	....	compositor: Cinesite
Aaron D. Wright	....	visual effects coordinator: CafeFX
Elaine Wu	....	animator: Luma Pictures
Matthew Wynne	....	digital compositor
Yoshiya Yamada	....	modeling supervisor: Hydraulx
Kazuyoshi Yamagiwa	....	Flame artist: Lola VFX
Shuichi Yoshida	....	digital artist
Gareth Young	....	pre-visualisation artist
Sonia Yu	....	lighter: Luma Pictures
Kai Zhang	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	visual effects: Hydraulx
Anthony Meschi	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Lee Adamson	....	stunt performer
Shea Adams	....	stunt performer
Ric Anderson	....	additional stunt coordinator
Glenn Boswell	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Bradshaw	....	stunt double: Hugh Jackman
Chris Brewster	....	utility stunts
Chelsea Bruland	....	stunts
Dean Choe	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Connolly	....	stunts
George Crayton	....	utility stunts
Haydn Dalton	....	stunt performer
Mark Duncan	....	stunts
Michael Duncan	....	stunts
Stephen Dunlevy	....	utility stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Ashley Fairfield	....	stunt performer
Christopher Gordon	....	stunt double: Taylor Kitsch
Daniel Hernandez	....	stunts
Beau Hurren	....	stunt double
Charles Jarman	....	stunts
Dennis Kreusler	....	utility stunts
Alex Kuzelicki	....	stunt performer
David Leitch	....	action coordinator
Jim Michaels	....	utility stunts
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt coordinator (as Michael Mitchell)
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt coordinator: second unit, Canada
Angela Moore	....	stunt double
Vince Murdocco	....	stunt driver
Scott Nicholson	....	stunt double: Hugh Jackman
Philip Partridge	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double: Ryan Reynolds
Brett Sheerin	....	stunt performer
Chad Stahelski	....	action coordinator
Daniel Stevens	....	stunt double: Hugh Jackman
Larnell Stovall	....	stunts
Bernadette Van Gyen	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Ryan Watson	....	stunts
Chris Weir	....	stunt performer
Joshua Dean Williams	....	utility stunts
Brian P. Williamson	....	utility stunts
Guillermo Grispo	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark G. Alexander	....	lighting technician: re-shoots
Stephen Arnott	....	rigging grip
Tov Belling	....	first assistant camera
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Jeffery Bjorgum	....	video assistant: Vancouver
Larry Blanford	....	director of photography: second unit, Canada
Jessica Clarke-Nash	....	preview assistant
Drew English	....	clapper loader
James Fisher	....	still photographer
Lachlan French	....	video assist assistant
Lee Gibeau	....	grip
Mark Goellnicht	....	Steadicam operator
Mark Goellnicht	....	camera operator: second unit
Peter Graf	....	aerial camera system tech super g
Gillian Huxley	....	rigging grip
Randy A. Jablonka	....	lighting technician:re-shoots
Dale H. Jahraus	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Dave Joshi	....	digital video assist operator: additional photography
Darrin Keough	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jeff Kuzyk	....	lighting technician: re-shoots
Ian R.C. Levine	....	second assistant: "a" camera
Alan Markfield	....	still photographer
Taylor Matheson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Steve Mathis	....	gaffer
Tim Milligan	....	b dolly grip
Luke Nixon	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Eoin O'Liddigh	....	additional second assistant camera
Luis Olivares	....	video assist operator
Kim Olsen	....	key grip: second unit
Myron Parran	....	first assistant camera: second unit: New Orleans
Sasha Proctor	....	second assistant camera "b" camera: second unit
Mark Rogers	....	still photographer
Peter Rosenfeld	....	Steadicam operator
Peter Rosenfeld	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Rod Scott	....	head rigger
Leon Serginson	....	grip: re-shoots
Brad Shield	....	director of photography: second unit, Australia
Troy James Sobotka	....	leadman grip
Ryan Spearman	....	first assistant camera
Matthew Spowart	....	film loader
Brett Tracey	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Helen Ward	....	second assistant camera
Lance White	....	digital video assist operator: Vancouver
Susannah Wimberley	....	preview assistant
Peni Loloa	....	electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Michael Brunet	....	lead animator
Aaron Sims	....	character designer
William 'Rocky' Vanoost	....	cinematic animator

Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: canada
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting director
Elizabeth Coulon	....	additional casting: second unit: Louisiana
Casey Dawson	....	extras casting coordinator
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: canada
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
David Newman	....	casting assistant
Alanna Perry	....	extras casting director
Morgan Smallbone	....	extras casting assistant
Matthew Paul Spriggs	....	additional casting
Tannis Vallely	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julie Barton	....	set costumer
Gloria Bava	....	head costume cutter: men
Christine Bieselin Clark	....	assistant costume designer (as Christine Bieselin)
Phillip Boutte Jr.	....	costume illustrator
Mark Campbell	....	costume researcher
Lynne Duggins	....	costumes production assistant
Stephanie Elzas	....	costume assistant
Erin Fisher	....	costume assistant
Margaret Gill	....	seamstress
Amy Glenn	....	costume shopper
Kim M. Holly	....	key costumer
Andrea Hood	....	key costumer
Mitchell Ray Kenney	....	costume supervisor
Alison McCosh	....	assistant costume designer
Sam Morley	....	set costumer
Tisha D. Nagel	....	costumer (as Tisha Jahnke)
Nicola Ryall	....	costume set supervisor: second unit: re-shoot
Felipe Sanchez	....	costume illustrator
Douglas J. Stewart	....	costume textile artist
Jack Taggart	....	costume ager/dyer
Danny Vick	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Logan Breit	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
George Chavez	....	color timer
Cameron D'Arcy	....	dailies colorist: second unit
Michelle Junee	....	post-production coordinator
Amanda Knight	....	dailies telecine assistant
Amy Pawlowski	....	digital intermediate editor
Loan Phan	....	digital intermediate producer
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Ken Terry	....	first assistant editor
Kento Watanabe	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Halli Cauthery	....	composer: additional music
Meri Gavin	....	music editor
Alex Gibson	....	music editor
Harry Gregson-Williams	....	conductor
Jennifer Hammond	....	orchestrator
Tom Hardisty	....	digital score recordist
Hybrid	....	composer: additional music
Hybrid	....	music programmer
Joel Iwataki	....	music scoring mixer
Costa Kotselas	....	music engineer
Anthony Lledo	....	composer: additional music
Anthony Lledo	....	music programmer
Jamie Luker	....	music scoring engineer
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Esther McIntosh	....	orchestration coordinator
Ladd McIntosh	....	lead orchestrator
Jasper Randall	....	choir contractor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Mark Edward Smith	....	score vocalist
Geoff Stradling	....	orchestrator
Michael White	....	musician: trumpet
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor
Christopher Willis	....	composer: additional music
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	music editor: temp

Transportation Department
Rob Flanagan	....	driver
David Holm	....	transportation captain: additional photography
Scott Irvine	....	transportation coordinator: additional photography
Isaac Lane	....	transportation captain
Richard Mugridge	....	assistant transportation manager
Clint Wilcox	....	transportation co-captain: additional photography
Ian Thompson	....	fire truck wrangler (uncredited)

Other crew
Charlie Araki	....	first assistant accountant: US
Gunner Ashford	....	assistant armorer
Tara Aucoin	....	assistant: Lauren Shuler Donner
Mary Barltrop	....	location scout
Kim Barnard	....	base camp production assistant
Kim Barnard	....	base camp production assistant: New Orleans
Mike Barnard	....	production assistant
Melissa F. Barrie	....	production coordinator: Vancouver Unit
Lesley Beglan-Pagotto	....	unit assistant
Carl Blacklidge	....	marine coordinator
Ron Blecker	....	military advisor
John Bowring	....	key armorer
Faa Brimmo	....	voice looping
Rachael Campbell	....	assistant accountant
Gary Coleman	....	unit assistant
Jared Connon	....	location manager
Lauren Cooper	....	location coordinator
Nicholas Copping	....	production coordinator: second unit
Nicole Coulston	....	travel coordinator
Arvid Cristina	....	production assistant
Clare Cunningham	....	construction accountant
Biatta Czerkies	....	production secretary
Judy Dale	....	production coordinator
Casey Dawson	....	travel co-ordinator
Nancy Dentice	....	assistant production coordinator
James D. Dever	....	technical advisor: military
Dawn Dininger	....	special make-up effects
Patrick Elkington	....	unit assistant
Michael Fahd	....	production runner
Taylor M. Favale	....	second assistant accountant
Bridie Ferguson	....	unit assistant
Jane Forrest	....	production coordinator
Colin Galloway	....	payroll accountant: US
Andrew Golden	....	production assistant
Ann Goobie	....	location manager
Katie Harris	....	unit nurse
Michelle Hartig	....	assistant payroll accountant
Michael Hendrickson	....	production executive: Fox
Connie Hendrix	....	visual effects assistant accounting coordinator
James Hinton	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Horvath	....	production runner
Joel Hurley	....	location scout
Yasmine Jade	....	payroll accountant
Nick Jeffrey	....	assistant accountant
Matt Jermyn	....	video split assistant
Eric Johnson	....	production assistant
Jonny Kennerley	....	assistant production coordinator
Ruth Kesler	....	production coordinator: New Orleans, second Unit
Tilu Khalayi	....	assistant accountant
Kristin Kruger	....	first assistant accountant
Seth Larney	....	technical supervisor
Ilana Lazar	....	assistant production coordinator
Ilana Lazar	....	equipment coordinator
Alexis Lever	....	production assistant
Laura Livingstone	....	assistant production coordinator: Vancouver Unit
Caroline MacVicar	....	production assistant
Gideon Marshall	....	armorer
Mark Martin	....	assistant: Mr. Hood
Keith McCormick	....	production secretary
Stephen McGillen	....	assistant accountant
Sean Meade	....	key production assistant: additional photography
Rachael Meadow	....	office production assistant: New Orleans, second unit
Irving Milgrom	....	production assistant
Naomi Mitchell	....	production assistant
Reza Mokhtar	....	unit caterer
Casey Moore	....	production assistant: New Orleans
Michael Moran	....	production assistant
Wendi Morris	....	assistant: will.i.am
Douglas Ngai	....	on-set production assistant
Sharon Ninness	....	location unit coordinator
Frédéric North	....	helicopter pilot (as Fred North)
Frances O'Dea	....	production assistant
Rick Pagotto	....	unit assistant
Rachel Perez	....	set production assistant: 2nd unit: New Orleans
J.J. Perry	....	additional fight choreographer
Korey Petrie	....	production assistant
Jess Platt	....	dialect coach
Gareth Price	....	location manager
Chris Reynolds	....	location scout
Helen Rosoux	....	second assistant accountant
Steve Salada	....	production coordinator
Rick Shuster	....	helicopter pilot
Adam Signorelli	....	production runner
Ashley Joelle Smith	....	production assistant
Ben Solomon	....	production runner
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer: Canadian crew
Steve Steenstrup	....	senior armorer
Mark C. Stevens	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Victoria Sullivan	....	script supervisor
Jasper Susi	....	accounting clerk
Marsha L. Swinton	....	co-producer
Trudy Talbot	....	production accountant
David Scott Thomson	....	key production assistant: additional photography
Imogen Trowell	....	production assistant
Taris Tyler	....	stand in: Hugh Jackman
Greg Tynan	....	on-set production assistant
Elizabeth Tyson	....	production assistant
Karla Wallace	....	assistant production coordinator
Maralyn Walton	....	unit assistant
Wade Whitman	....	location scout: New Orleans
Sean Wolput	....	key production assistant: additional photography: second unit )
Michele Wright	....	key second assistant accountant
Warner Loughlin	....	acting coach (uncredited)

Thanks
Derek Hoffman	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century Fox)
• Marvel Enterprises (in association with) (as Marvel Entertainment)
• Donners' Company
• Seed Productions (as Seed)
• Ingenious Film Partners (produced in association with)
• Big Screen Productions (produced in association with)
• Dune Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Belarus) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Norway (2009) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• fX Network (2010) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Dynamics (special make-up effects)
• CEG Media
• Cinesite
• Frantic Films (additional visual effects)
• Frantic Films (pre-visualization)
• Hatch Production (additional matte paintings)
• Hydraulx
• Image Engine Design (pre-visualization)
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Matte World Digital (visual effects)
• Mokko Studio (visual effects)
• Persistence of Vision Entertainment (pre-visualization) (as Persistence of Vision)
• Rising Sun Pictures (pre-visualization services)
• RotoFactory (additional visual effects)
• Soho VFX (visual effects)
• Vital Distraction (previsualization)

Other Companies

• 1 Force  military technical advisors
• 87Eleven  action design
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• EFilm  digital intermediate facility
• Filmview Services  computer graphics
• K!SSPROOF Entertainment  cast appearance booking
• K!SSPROOF Entertainment  special thanks
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recorded at (as The Newman Stage, Twentieth Century Fox)
• Pacific Title  end titles
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Savage Visual Effects  visual effects
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage
• Spectrum Films  high-definition services
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Wavecrest Studios  score mixed at
• Wild Card  main titles

Also Known As:

Wolverine (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:12A | South Korea:12 | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12 | Brazil:14 | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44640) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Australia:M | Germany:16 (cut) (theatrical version) | Germany:16 (uncut) (home video version) | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Mexico:B | Iceland:14 | France:U | Japan:G

Filming Locations:

Arcadia Station, Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Cameo: [Daniel Negreanu]The only other poker player shown at the table other than Gambit and Wolverine when they first meet, is Daniel Negreanu, a popular real life Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour titles.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Wolverine notices the farmer's motorcycle, he calls it a chopper. Choppers do not have a rear suspension. This motorcycle is a cruiser with rear suspension, which also allowed it to jump more safely than a chopper would. Earlier choppers were WWII surplus motorcycles from which the rear shocks were chopped off, hence their name.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Young Victor Creed: You're always sick.
Young James Logan: When you were my age, you were sick.

Movie Connections:

Spin off X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (VG)

"I'm the best there is at what I do" could hardly be further from the truth

Like fellow 2009 superhero release Watchmen, Wolverine is that rare comic book film which almost appears inevitably more likely to please audiences that are not fans of the source material. However, unlike Watchmen, which adhered so closely to its source material that a falling short by comparison proved inescapable, Wolverine's inevitable backlash of fan outrage stems from its flagrant disregard for its source material. The film casually mutilates and re-writes the comic book context of its source material with the cold disdain of its protagonist, hacking one of the most genuinely compelling, subversive and horrifying superhero back-stories into the worst kind of safe, familiar, PG rated commercial dross. All of Wolverine's compelling comic book edginess is distilled into a flaccid script which forgoes exhilaration for only occasionally impressive fight/chase/explosion scenes, complexity for eye-rolling cheese and broad humour, and story cohesion for an attempt to cram in far too much subject matter and avoid the true dramatic meat of the story.

While further focus on the Wolverine/Sabertooth dichotomy could have yielded a narrative volumes stronger, the film continually broadens its scope, seemingly attempting to bank on the in-jokey winks to fans of the comics by hinting at broadening the Marvel universe in further sequels demonstrated in 2008's Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. But while their fan nods were tasteful and enjoyable, Wolverine's attempts at matching them appear to be building up to an almost sinister bid for Fox's superhero franchises to compete. Recognizable X-Men characters are continually shoehorned into minuscule parts (fans of Deadpool, Blob, Gambit or, *groan*, Cyclops don't go in expecting much but disappointment) for seemingly the sole purpose of leapfrogging off Wolverine's story into their own spin-offs. However, such an overflowing mass of secondary characters only serves the dual purpose of both derailing Wolverine's story and not even serving to satisfy comic fans clamouring to see their favourite characters on screen, as the fleeting, shallow depictions hardly prove satisfying character development by any stretch of the imagination. If the filmmakers choose to tackle established characters to appease fan expectations, doing nothing with the characters (let alone doing them far from 'properly') hardly seems a suitable way to satisfy a demanding audience.

Director Gavin Hood (known for excellent African drama Tsotsi of all things) has been vocal about his clashes with the studio over the film, and one can only assume, given his excellent credentials, that most of his proposed changes would have been for the better. As it is, Hood demonstrates a shaky directorial presence at best, masking his action scenes in whirling cameras making it near impossible to see, and complimenting most tense or dramatic scenes with a cascade of Harry Gregson-Williams' tiresomely banal and clichéd musical score. That is not to say the film is entirely devoid of quality, but it is reduced to occasional fleeting moments (sporatic bursts of creativity during fight scenes, a promising African raid plot point, and an undeniably gripping if under-explored sequence of Wolverine going through the Weapon X program). But, like the irritatingly freeze-frame beset but otherwise clever opening montage (showcasing Wolverine's progression through numerous world wars) such quality is often overshadowed by cringe-worthy prevailing flaws making it all the more difficult to appreciate.

Ironically for the film situating him most justifiably in the lead role, Hugh Jackman gives his weakest performance in his foundational role as Wolverine. While Jackman's natural charisma and steely credibility still make him a far more sturdy enough lead than his film deserved, his under-exploring of Wolverine's feral ferocity and darkness still leaves an ultimately unsatisfying taste in the mouth. Despite initial skepticism of miscasting, Liev Schreiber proves far more resonant as Wolverine's animalistic adversary Sabretooth, providing a savagely threatening yet controlled performance, which, despite falling short of the true animalistic frenzy Sabretooth should have been, proves one of the more successful attributes of the film. Similarly, Danny Huston provides a welcome dash of class as Machiavellian military official William Stryker, managing to overcome the shortcomings of an underwritten character with an impressively realized, wonderful presence. Surprisingly, Ryan Reynolds also proves welcomely appealing as twisted mercenary Deadpool, thankfully managing to suppress star showiness in favour of suitably manic humour - nonetheless, Reynolds remains tragically saddled in a far too brief role. Taylor Kitsch does not prove as strong as fan favourite Gambit - while not an outright disappointment, Kitsch stunts the character's legendary suave charisma as much as his Cajun accent, doing little to justify his character's near pointless addition.

While it may function suitably as mindless summer entertainment, the inherent complexity in Wolverine's backstory makes its reduction to such a near outright insult to fans of the comic source material. If left as a standalone film, Wolverine might have been dismissible as a mostly harmless disappointment, but with such blatant spin off begging, it evolves into something far more objectionable. While the film has its moments, as a cohesive unit it can be considered nothing less than a tragic waste of potential, floundering any inherent quality in gaping plot holes and unnecessary obvious comedy or "tearjerking" scenes. Wolverine's adage of him being "the best I am at what I do" could hardly be farther than the truth when applied to his film.

-5.5/10