Wolverine Lacks Claws

A charismatic Hugh Jackman gamely slashes his way through X:Men Origins: Wolverine, say critics, but he's let down by a stale script and effects that fail to lift the movie above generic superhero fare.

• Hollywood.com: The "action-filled spinoff delivers on the brawn but not the soul of the X-Men franchise that spawned it."

• Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The movie "is saved from pure flat-footed blockbuster franchise adequacy by six things, three of them on Hugh Jackman's left hand, three on the right."
• Nick de Semlyen, Empire: "While not a disaster, this isn’t the claws-out, rampaging adventure we hoped for. No one cares where Wolverine found his jacket—a spin-off with him kicking ass in Japan would have been way more fun."

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