The Wolverine Review

The Wolverine


Release Date: 25th July 2013 - Australia


Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment (in association with)
TSG Entertainment (made in

association with)
Donners' Company
Ingenious Media (made in
association with)
Big Screen Productions
(produced in association with)

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 126 minutes


Budget: $120,000,000

Box Office Gross: $414,828,246 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Enticed into a Japan he
hasn't seen since the Second
World War, Wolverine, a
centuries-old mutant, finds
himself in a shadowy world
of yakuza and samurai.
Driven to the brink of his
physical and emotional

limits, Wolverine goes on
the run with the grand-

daughter of a powerful
industrialist and - for the

first time - faces the thought
of death. He must contend
with powerful enemies and

the ghosts of his dark past

as he struggles to rediscover

the hero within.


Cast
Hugh Jackman - Logan/
Wolverine
Tao Okamoto - Mariko Yashida
Rila Fukushima - Yukio
Hiroyuki Sanada - Shingen Yashida
Will Yun Lee - Kenuichio Harada
Brian Tee - Noburo Mori
Svetlana Khodchenkova - Viper
Hal Yamanouchi - Yashida
Ken Wamamura - Young Yashida

Famke Janssen - Jean Grey

Nobutaka Aoyagi - Security

Seiji Funamoto - Servant

Shinji Ikefuji - Pock-Face

Qyoko Kudo - Aya

Nobuaki Kakuda - Buddhist Priest

Chiharu Mizuno - Old Woman

Takao Kinoshita - Fruit Cart Vendor

Conrad Coelby - Red Beard

Taris Tyler - Bar Man (Red Beard's Friend)

Sarah Naylor-Liddell - Yukon Bar Patron

Joshua Remilton - Yukon

Bar Patron/Man Near Bar

Andy Owens - Yukon Bar Patron

Allan Poppleton - Yukon Bar Patron

Geoff Burke - Bartender

Yasuyo Shiba - Reporter 1

Mai Ishikawa - Reporter 2

Yaeko Kimura - Mieko

Ryuta Kimura - Hitoshi

Briden Starr - Party Girl 1

Maria Lukasheva - Party Girl 2

Tess Haubrich - Cashier

Taki Abe - Japanese Businessman

William Takayanagi-Temm - Tower Guard

Kuni Hashimoto - Lead Officer

Chikashi Higaki-Linzbichler - Senior

Officer at POW Camp

Shingo Usami - Driver

Naoya Ogawa - Yakuza 1

Atsushi Sawada - Yakuza 2

Takashi Matsuyama - Yakuza 3

Masa Yamaguchi - Yakuza 4

Eric Laciste - Yakuza 5

Hideki Sugiguchi - Yakuza 6

Garrett Sato - Dying Yakuza

Kosuke Masano - Army Officer 1

Yoji Tatsuta - Army Officer 2

Yoshinori Fukushige - Train Commuter

Hiroshi Kasuga - Yashida Security Guard

Yumiko Nakamura - Mariko Staff

Kimi - Saki

Keiko Matsumoto - Shizu

Louis Toshio Okada - Pat Down Guy

Ian McKellen - Magneto (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Patrick Stewart - Charles Xavier/
Professor X (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - James Mangold

Screenplay - Mark Bomback
and Scott Frank

Associate Producer - Tom Cohen

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
Executive Producer - Stan Lee
Producers - Hutch Parker
and Lauren Shuler Donner

Casting Directors - Lisa Beach,

Suzanne Crowley, Priscilla John,

Sarah Katzman, Jessica Kelly

and Yôko Narahashi

Australian Casting Director - Nikki Barrett
Production Designer - François Audouy

Supervising Art Director - Ian Gracie

Set Decorator - Rebecca Cohen

Property Master - Richie Dehne

Props Manufacture Supervisor - Peter Wyborn
Costume Designer - Isis Mussenden

Armourer - John Bowring

Makeup/Hair Supervisor - Jennifer Lamphee

Special Makeup Effects Supervisors - Paul Latte

and Nick Nicolaou

Additional Makeup - Rick Connelly
Director of Photography - Ross Emery

Director of Photography: Second Unit - Brad Shield

"A" Camera Operator - Marc Spicer

Camera Operator: Second Unit - Calum McFarlane

US Production Manager: Japan Unit - Paul Deason

First Assistant Director - K.C. Colwell

First Assistant Director: Second Unit - Drew Bailey

Second Assistant Director - Deborah Antoniou
Second Unit Director - David M. Leitch 
Stunt Coordinator - Allan Poppleton
Stunt Coordinator: Sydney - Kyle Gardiner 
Fight Coordinator - Jonathan Eusebio 
Special Effects Supervisor - Brian Cox
Special Effects Office Coordinator - Leanne Brooks 
Visual Effects Supervisor - Phil Brennan

Visual Effects Supervisors: Rising Sun Pictures -

Tim Crosbie, Jason Madigan, Paul Kirwan,

Dennis Jones and Nick Pill

Visual Effects Supervisor: WETA Digital - Martin Hall

Visual Effects Producer - Jamie Stevenson
Visual Effects Producer: WETA Digital - Annette Wullems 

Animation Supervisor: WETA Digital - Michael Cozens

CG Supervisors: WETA Digital - Phillip Leonhardt,

Luke Millar and Mike Perry

Creature Lead: WETA Digital - Matthew Muntean

Film Editor - Michael McCusker

Additional Editor - Andrew Buckland

Supervising Sound Editors - Donald Sylvester

and John A. Larsen

Sound Designers - Chuck Michael

and Dhor Mohar

Additional Sound Editors - Warren Hendriks,

Paul Apted, Wayne Lemmer and John Morris

Re-Recording Mixers - Ron Bartlett

and Doug Hemphill

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - James Bolt
Music - Marco Beltrami

Additional Music - Buck Sanders,

Brandon Roberts and Marcus Trumpp

Score Recordist & Mixer - John Kurlander

Review
I was expecting to see Pacific Rim in theatres in the late morning, and once again..., inconvenient session times stood in the way. I ended up watching the X-Men spin-off, THE WOLVERINE, which has exceeded audiences' expectations and made a lot of money at the box office. It seems less exciting to see another standalone film of the series than watching mechs beating up gigantic monsters, as an anime fanatic would see in their imagination. The movie was great, but the final part of the climax was weak, which lowered the quality of the film. The same goes for one of the villains, Viper, who is similar to Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy. Charlize Theron would have been a better fit for the character than an unknown Russian actress, which would explain her likeness. The mood and the intense action were brilliant. Even better was the profound themes of the movie. Hugh Jackman still plays the titular hero after a whopping thirteen years.

I feel happy and reassured that they finally got Wolverine to succeed in his movie, unlike X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is not as good as its predecessor. However, THE WOLVERINE was good and is likely the only film enjoyable for the character's fans.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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