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Super Early ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Review! Updated with Spoilers

I got an email from someone claiming to have seen ‘Wolverine’ already, and I had my doubts but after reading this, I was convinced. Enjoy!
OK, so I’m not a movie reviewer, so forgive me if this is not as concise as a professional review might be. Having said that, I also don’t know how much of the plot and “ohhhh, holy shit!!!†moments you want to know, possibly spoiling it. But feel free to edit and take out anything you don’t want to have spoiled.
The movie itself looks amazing. Lots of cool sets and special effects, it’s edited very well, the pacing is perfect and the running time is right on. It actually leaves you wanting more, and really, isn’t that the “nirvana†that most action movies hope to arrive at for the audience?
The back story of Logan (aka Wolverine) is set up pretty good. It’s not too much and it explains Logan’s motivation from childhood. As a young boy, something terrible happens, his “mutant†power is revealed, and he and his brother must flee.
Fast forward to 1970-something Viet Nam. Logan and his brother Victor (aka Sabretooth) are soldiers and Victor has become an irrational bully who has no problem killing anyone that gets in his way. This leads to both of them being locked up in the brig for a very long time. Enter a higher up military officer (Stryker) who offers to get them out of there if they agree to join his special ops team. This elite team is made up of other mutants, all with various different, really cool “powers.†Mission after mission goes by, with Victor really taking a liking to the violence and developing an appetite for killing. Logan, on the other hand, draws the line at being ordered to kill innocent people and decides to walk away. Off he goes to live a quiet life in the Canadian wilderness with his girlfriend/wife/whoever
Cut to various former members of the special ops team being killed. No reason is apparent. The former leader of the group (Stryker) finds Logan in his now lumberjack career and tells him about this. Logan says thanks for the warning but I can take care of myself. As he returns to his work, he senses something is not right and then notices bloody claw marks on a tree. He runs to find his girlfriend/wife/whoever lying dead with gashes across her throat. Victor has killed her. Now its personal and Logan flies into a rage. He finds Victor and a battle ensues. But they basically have the same “powers†so it’s impossible for one to beat the other. Victor flees and Logan agrees to let Stryker help him become more powerful, and therefore able to go kill Victor. Cut to the “lab†scene from the trailer, new steel blades ready to do some serious damage. I don’t want to give it away, but one of my favorite parts of the movie is when we find out where the name “Wolverine†comes from… oooh I just got goosebumps thinking about it… haha. HUGE SPOILER: “the crazy mad scientist, Stryker, is kidnapping them all (mutants) and keeping them prisoners because he is takin their DNA to make a Super Mutant…one guy with ALL the powers…IT’S RYAN REYNOLD’S CHARACTER, Wade Wilson / Deadpool….its so creepy when you see him at the end!!”
This is where I will just say that the movie gets more awesome than it already is. The fight sequences are great, the story takes twists and turns, and the “holy shit!†moments make you want to cheer. I will see this movie again on opening weekend with a full audience of fans. It is THAT kind of movie. Loved it, loved it, loved it.
And one more thing…there are things after the credits..so stick around, for those of you who jump up right at the fade out.
UPDATE:
I got another email from my source and he wants to add more stuff to this so that everyone knows he really has seen the movie..this DOES INCLUDE SPOILERS!
“for anyone doubting my review:(highlight the text below to read:)


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Troll. This is bogus baloney. You can tell this person wrote a review based on whatever footage they compiled from all the trailers and TV spots. The Deadpool assumption is so far fetched that it’s gotten people all worked into a frenzy.
well I dunno if its true or not for sure, though it could be and I personally hope it’s as exciting as the dude says! thx for sharing :)
LOL seriously, this is what everybody who’s been following the story knows so far.
Okay, I know you have no reason to believe me, but I can guarantee you that this source is 100% credible. We cannot say who it is, but we can saw that this is someone who has seen the finished film and is in a position to review it. No, you can’t guess through as much of the story as is revealed in the above review just by watching the trailer, and, when the film finally comes out, we’ll all see that the description of the film is 100% accurate.
This is not a review, this is retelling the story,
a spoiler with comments
yup total BS
we know this because Weapon X1 is the dude who gets all the powers. not Deadpool
go see my movie!!
no it is deadpool who is the weapon x1
Cate,
We did kind of warn you about the spoilers.
okay so let’s say we believe all this, where does silverfox fit in all this stuff? and how does deadpool live again?? meaning who reattaches his head on?????
and when does wolverine fight sabertooth after getting his adamantium claws?????
wait- so he has a magic bullet and it will take away his memory???
and so he shoots him in the head and it does take away his memory?????
WTF???????
ARE YOU SERIOUS????
UUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what? Is Deadpool just killed off as Weapon XI in this? I thought that during the final fight after taking so much damage his healing factor overloads and f’s him up, reverting him to a more traditional comic book Deadpool. And what are the scenes after the credits? Do they feature Deadpool?
yhv-if it is true then the bullet they are talking about is carbonium or something. it was used in the wolverine : origins comic book to paralyze daken and is the same metal that coats omega reds tenticles. that is the only explanation of this “magic bullet”.
Does Gambit have a plane?
I call “plant”!
It’s someone from 20th Century Fox trying to get people on to this steaming pile of crap that will be “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”.
Don’t be fooled! Go see something that won’t suck!
Is Professor X doing his karate in this one because if not there’s nobody that will see it because everyone like judo. duh wtf
After re-reading through this i’m 100% sure its BS. If the guy had seen the film surely he would know whether Silver Fox is Logans wife or just his girlfriend? If the guy had seen this surely he would know that Beak is infact not Beak anymore, he is now called Bolt.
you think its BS because it is not clear whether Silver Fox is girlfriend or wife? That makes no sense. There was no “wedding” scene. And why would that need to be clarified in at all? You act like every tiny detail needs to be spelled out. Well, its not. I know.
And, aceofknaves, IMDB lists the character played by Dominic Monaghan as “Barnell Bohusk/Beak.” There is no mention of the name “Bolt.” We are talking about the movie, not the comic book. Remember that.
No, Dom’s character is no longer called Beak. They have changed him to Bolt. It’s nothing to do with the comics.
And it isn’t just the fact that he doesn’t know whether Silver Fox is his wife or girlfriend. It’s that he makes absolutely no mention of her atall. And i think it’s pretty clear that she is one of the main supporting characters, why not mention her or her role atall? And don’t give me “Because he doesn’t want to reveal everything!” He basically has just said what happens at the end (if he is telling the truth). Expanding on Silver Fox’s role wouldn’t be that spoilerific. It’s because he hasn’t seen the film. Simple as that really.
yeah they changed it bolt like… what? 30 days ago?
what is there to expand on regarding Silver Fox’s role? She is the one who inspires Logan to use the name “Wolverine” (some Native American folklore story she tells him), she pretends to be his significant other, then she pretends to die, then she comes back at the end as Silver Fox and apologizes for tricking him and says the only reason she did it was because her sister was being held captive with the other mutants and they were gonna kill her if she didn’t go along with the plan to get Wolverine. She ultimately dies at the end when she is shot with the same gun that shot Wolverine and messed up his memory. Only she is not indestructible like Wolverine so it kills her. Is that enough detail for you?
BULLSHIT – how do i know, cos if you look at the pics of Barakapool then his blade is ALOT bigger then his forearm making it not retractable n this guy said it was.
it is retractable. you looked at a picture. I saw the movie. you think the blade cannot fit because its bigger than the arm? anything is possible…this is all fantasy you moron. If we go by your dumbass theory, there is no such thing as any of this!! Christ I have a headache
I believe this review to the fullest! The Movie Geeks always save the day!
Well if the blade is longer than his forearm, which it is, and it is still retractable then it is incredibly stupid and this movie will be ridiculed.
The “reviewer” is a sad twat with no life.
I bet that all these people that slated this review as false are slowly pulling their feet from their mouths after Ryan Raynolds interview yesterday in which he announced that the mystery mutant WAS Deadpool.
Ahhh trust Hollywood to fuck things up for us comic fans
Bullshit…
I can’t believe that they would turn deadpool into some stupid combination character…
jesus….
why didn’t they just have brett ratner direct this piece of shit, and make it just a “good” as x3
fuck this shit
now i am only looking forward to t4
..I cant believe they fd up my favorite character.. In the entire MARVEL UNIVERSE. they had to f deadpool up.. They couldn’t have been like, “no lets follow his story line, its tyte.” They were like, “oh heres the coolest character in the franchise.. fuck u marvel enjoy us screwing up the best character u have.” Y Ryan? Y’d u let them do this.. You could’ve been the perfect DP.. But now we all fear he may b ruined…
The review (“retelling”) is accurate, based on comments from those who saw the unfinished version that was leaked. I have no clue how DP will get a spin-off movie, unless it’s a animated and set in an alternate reality, it’s a prequel, or “Super-Mutant X” was really just a clone.
my friend sent me da link yesterday claimin its wolverine but i thought he was tryin to pull an early april fools day prank on me and the site may be somethin else so i did a little research and found out there is actully leaked version so i took a deep breath and clicked on the link… well it was wolverine and lemme tell u this.. everything this reviewer wrote.. is 100% true and he missed on couple stuff but wat he wrote is actully wat happen in the movie… and i dont regret watchin it neither cuz it was dvd quality and i am STILL going to watch it on big screen when it comes out.
OH GOD. All you fanboys talking about how they messed up the movie, get a life. This is hollywood, they need to change things to make it appeal to a wider audience. With that said, I just watched it, and I must say it is AWESOME, and the person who wrote this ‘review’ for sure saw it even if it was just him rambling. Def the best X-Men movie besides the first. Yes, they changed things, especially deadpool, but I mean really, who cares? The X-Men universe is FICTION, they can alter it however they want and it doesn’t really matter as long as its entertaining. Which it is.
I just finished watching it. This review is totally off–I mean its the right movie, but the editing is terrible, the story structure is non-existent and most characters are under-developed. It was a train wreck. Worse than x3.
Wow im surprised this guy saw the movie a month ago. But now that its leaked and we get to see 85% of the finished movie its funny to see what he said about it. Honestly i thought it sucked and i dont think any reshoots can fix how much of a mess the movie was.Styker makes him indestructible but then gets mad that nobody can kill him(and what was the point of his son being a mutant?) I loved deadpool in the beggining but i hate the fact that he was turned into “weapon XI” and just reduced to the movies horrible end boss.
Tell us, tell us the vision of the film that you saw, compared to the leaked unfinished version. Tell us the differences? Any added footage, was the FX finished in your version? How long was the film you saw?
Oh and don’t be pre-mature, the leaked version was unfinished. You can not be sure what he final version will be like, so don’t judge it until you see what they intend to release!
It’s all true. I read a review of the leaked copy, with this very same info. So sorry guys…it’s all true. I’ve heard mostly bad stuff about it. One person said it’s worse than X3 and another said it’s just slightly better. Either way that doesnt bode well. AND they messed up Deadpool. Ah well that’s what Hulk Vs. Wolverine is for then I guess.
Just wanna sincerely thank all the commenters who are commenting that this was, in fact, an accurate review. We had no doubt when we posted this that it was someone who actually had seen the film, but we had not way of proving it to our readers. Now that the proof is out there, I’m glad people are coming back and making mention of it here. Thank you again.
Oh, and Scott Adkins can suck a c***!
just watched this last night…
i hate ryan reynolds. he plays every character/role the exact same way, and he ruins the mood of the scenes in this movie. its really too bad that they made him the bad guy in the end because he isn’t even that intimidating. as for the pacing, i thought that the first half was just god-awful. it barely explained anything and yet took forever for the juicy bits of story to appear. if you ask me, this movie sucked compared to most other comic book movies released in the past decade. lets hope the magneto movie turns out a lot better.
I saw this movie just recently, review is dead on. It was a god damn atrocity, Deadpool was a character with a huge fanbase and a great story. The popularity of such a character could have turned his own Origins story into something spectacular and could have essentially raked in TONS of money but they trashed it. They promised months ago that if the Wolverine Origins made bank then they would make a Deadpool Origins, well fuck you and fuck that. At this point if they made a Deadpool Origins it wouldn’t be anything like any Deadpool fan wants it to be, it would center around Deadpool as Wade, which is cool because Ryan Reynolds was a PERFECT pic for him, but it’ll never happen now because they fucked it all up. God damn you X Men, god damn you and never delivering anything even remotely worthwile.
If you get a chance check out my long winded review of it over on rotten tomatoes, and it’s actually a review, not just me explaining the plot.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?journalid=524388&view=public
terrible movie.. I was really dissapointed. The only good part for me was when Stryker says to wolvie “Your country needs you” and Wolvie says “I’m Canadian”.
And they fucked up bad at one point: Wolvie knocks out Gambit just before he fights Sabertooth, they fight for a minute, then just when wolvie is about to finish him off, Gambit comes running in from a mile away on a roof-top to get into the fight. How did he go from knocked out, on the ground, 3 feet away, to Running on a roof top a mile away in a matter of 30 seconds? And the little helicopter-spin he does to get to the ground is just gay.
Boo!
I’ve been a wolverine fan since day one. It’s the comic that got me into comics and I was so pumped for this flick…… and it was the worst thing i’ve ever seen. It was horrible. If you’re a real fan you’re gonna be very disappointed. The story was butchered from beginning to end. Even if your just a fan of the X-Men movies and not a hardcore Wolvie fan, it makes a weak addition to the other 3 movies. Don’t bother downloading it on the net and don’t even think of spending your money on it in the theater or DVD. Take your 10 bucks and go read Origin and Weapon X.
I saw the Wolverine movie and it is kick ass. Yes Deadpool does become a mutant freak at the end, weapon XI. Gambit has three scenes in the movie, we see a young Emma Frost and cyclops as well. The origin in the movie is SO different fro mthe comic book that true fanboys may not like this movie. OH yes Gambit does fly Wolverine to Stryker’s Island and Charles Xavier does make an appearance, and stay around for the little scenes after the credits. You can read my review of said movie, seen in its complete form, all effects included, no grey blobs or strings like in earlier copies. Go to twogaysandamovie.blogspot.com
Someone showed me the leaked version. It sucked. I hope they totally change it before it comes out. What the guy said about the bullet, deadpool, etc are all true on the workprint. They totally screwed up the deadpool character who I was hoping would spin off into his own movie. Wolverine is immortal from birth, deadpool (the merc with a mouth) doesn’t have a mouth, and deadpool has admantium swords that come out of his arms. Marvel should be ashamed.
Oh God, this plot summary is true! NOOOOOOOO!
thanks WAMG for posting my early review. I had no way to prove I wasn’t making the whole thing up and you trusted me by posting it. I knew that some people wanted to know and it was mainly for them. I did not expect so many people to attack and say I was full of sh*t. I guess I can understand their frustration because maybe it was not the movie they were hoping for. Peace.
WAMG Rules!
So it seems that this review WASN’T 100% Accurate.
FOX POWNT
Anyone who said this movie sucked… right on. I wouldn’t say I’m a fanboy, but I’m an avid viewer of comic book movies and superhero lore. So with that said, I was thoroughly disappointed with this movie. It had the worst special effects I have ever seen in my life. The script wasn’t very well written, because the movie was filled with very corny “one-liners” that got redundant, and also there was too many action scenes in this movie. Not enough story. And the story, for that matter, was not developed enough at all. The only part of this movie that made sense was the end, when Professor Xavier was rescuing all the X-Men with the helicopter. They didn’t play enough into the whole X-Men thing. This goes on the bottom of my ranking of superhero movies, and I’m not happy with Marvel at all for letting this piece of crap hit screens.
MNNG is highly toxic and