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Wolverine is one of my least favorite X-Men characters, so maybe this movie just isn’t for me. That said, Hugh Jackman and most of the cast do pretty good jobs with what little they have to work with. The movie zooms along at break-neck speed, stopping for only the slightest moments of introspection or character development. Some movies work just fine with a modicum of these elements (RoboCop comes to mind), but this one needed something to make me… well, give a shit. This was my problem with X-Men: The Last Stand, too. But Last Stand had a few other things going for it, namely some great action sequences. Surprisingly, I didn’t find any memorable action in Wolverine. But it does have scene-stealing Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, both of whom have precious little screen time. Actually, everything about Wolverine is ‘precious little’. Characters, events, revelations, and dramatic potential are flashed in front of you like postcards in a wind storm. Maybe it would be more fitting if I just said:  sound, fury, nothing.

Directed by Gavin Hood (Ender’s Game, Rendition). With Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will.i.am, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Dominic Monaghan, and Tim Pocock.