The X-Men franchise is back, and so is one of our favourite anti-heroes, Wolverine a.k.a Logan. This movie continues after the events of 'X-Men - The Last Stand' showing a mourning Logan for the death of Jean. He has retreated to a life of seclusion in Canadian wilderness. He is located by another mutant, Yukio who can see how people die. She taked Wolverine to Tokyo, to her employer Yashida, whose life Logan had saved in the Nagasaki bombing in the World War II. It is shown than Yashida is dying and requests Logan to transfer his healing power/immunity to Yashida. Wolverine denies this request and is to leave Japan but then Yashida dies. All this leads to Yashida's son, Shingen planning an attack to murder his daughter, Mariko as she is the only recipient of Yashida's will. Enter into the picture our protagonist who becomes the bodyguard for Mariko, with Yukio becoming bodyguard for Logan. They battle goons while trying to hide all over the country. Also, Wolverine's healing abilities are diminishing, due to a parasite injected in his body by another mutant, Viper, who was also Yashida's doctor. Meanwhile, Mariko is captured finally and is taken to her father who is ready to kill her. Enter Harada and his black ninja clan who are sworn to protect the Yashida family. They take away Mariko and leave a not for Logan to find. Logan arrives at the designated place and is attacked by the ninjas and taken into capture. He is placed into a machine by Viper who plans to take away Logan's power and is transferring into a what seemed at that time, a robot called the SIlver Samurai. Logan breaks free with the help of Mariko and attempts to fight the robot, discovering in process it was Yashida all along, who had faked his death. Mariko and Logan then together defeat and kill Yashida.
Mariko becomes CEO of Yashida Corporation and bids farewell to Logan as he prepares to leave Japan. Yukio vows to stay by Logan's side as his bodyguard, and they depart to places unknown.
In a post-credits scene, Logan returns to the United States and is at the airport when he is confronted by Magneto, with his powers restored. Magneto asks Logan for help against a possible future attack against mutants. When Logan inquires why he should trust Magneto, Professor Charles Xavier arrives to reassure him. Logan is surprised to see Xavier alive, and Xavier reminds Logan that he is not the only one with gifts.
Hugh Jackman, as brilliantly as ever, recapped his role of Wolverine. The storyline was bleak and requires a lot more. The story is very basic. Girl is in trouble, Wolverine saves her. Yes, the twist that Yashida was in never dead was unexpected, but it was just in the end, and didn't make the movie interesting by any chance.
Soundtrack for a superhero movie should go to, always, Hans Zimmer. Marco Beltrami didn't impress me. The action sequences are well shot. Especially the fight on the top of the train. But it is a bit unbelievable how the gansgters were fighting. None other actor impressed me. Or maybe because I haven't watched any Japanese/Chinese/Korean acting before. Basically, superhero movies have lots of action and great plots. This had neither. I was quite dissapointed by the movie.
My rating - 6.1/10
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