The Wolverine (2013)

Logan, a.k.a, The Wolverine, is sent into modern-day Japan to meet an acquaintance who wants to offer him thanks. However, Logan gets convoluted into a battle where has to face not only a deviant atrocity and lethal samurai steel but also his own immortality.

Director:

James Mangold

Writers:

Mark Bomback (screenplay), Scott Frank (screenplay)

Stars:

Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh Jackman	...	Logan
Tao Okamoto	...	Mariko
Rila Fukushima	...	Yukio
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Shingen
Svetlana Khodchenkova	...	Viper
Brian Tee	...	Noburo
Hal Yamanouchi	...	Yashida (as Haruhiko Yamanouchi)
Will Yun Lee	...	Harada
Ken Yamamura	...	Young Yashida
Famke Janssen	...	Jean Grey
Nobutaka Aoyagi	...	Security
Seiji Funamoto	...	Servant
Shinji Ikefuji	...	Pock-Face
Qyoko Kudo	...	Aya
Nobuaki Kakuda	...	Buddhist Priest

Storyline

In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.

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Plot Keywords:

marvel comics | samurai | japan | japanese | funeral | 

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Taglines:

When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Brazil]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

26 July 2013 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Le Wolverine

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$53,113,752 (USA) (26 July 2013)

Gross:

$132,550,960 (USA) (29 November 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, Donners' Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min 138 min (Extended Edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Datasat Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Almost all the promotional materials for the film and the posters featured a shirtless Hugh Jackman; in contrast, he appears shirtless only in a handful of scenes in the actual film. This was done in order to emphasize the superior shape he got into for the film.

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Goofs

The private jet that Wolverine boards in Alaska is different than the jet shown mid-air on the way to Tokyo.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[an air raid begins on Nagasaki. At a prison camp, a young lieutenant sets all the prisoners free]
Young Yashida: You! Go! Go!
Logan: [in a pit] That was a B-29, bub. There's no outrunning what's coming. You're better off down here. I'd hurry if I were you.

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Crazy Credits

This is the first X-Film to not have the title in the opening; it appears at the end of the film.

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Connections

Featured in Top Gear: Episode #20.4 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Requiem KV 626 - Sequentia Rex Tremendae
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

Great entertainment, made for adults

This is not another light and fluffy comic book super hero movie. This movie actually has depth and substance to it, and there are not fight scenes taking place every few minutes like in most comic book movies lately. It is more of a deep character study of the Wolverine. I thought it was unexpectedly good, with Jackman doing a superb job in the lead role, as a tortured hero, who seems as if he no longer wants to go on living his near immortal existence because of deep regrets and guilt he is feeling about things that happened in the past.

But it is not all doom and gloom, there are indeed fight scenes, and they are what you would expect of a summer blockbuster type movie. The last fight scene involving a giant robot-like Samurai is especially spectacular. Just don't expect the fight scenes to be the main focus of the movie, this is more about the Wolverine and his inner struggles of conscience. I liked it very much.