I sure wish Wolverine had been played by Adam West.
The other end of the Wolverine part of the X-Men saga that ends with Logan (2018) is told in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). This is a fairly pedestrian, if tightly paced story of how Logan, born in the 19th century, fights his way through several wars into the 21st century and eventually becomes an X-Man doubled, in the sense that he already has a qualifying mutation, and then that mutation is enhanced through surgery by a military man obsessed with creating the perfect weapon for America – a weapon which Logan and his brother, another mutant named Victor, must eventually destroy through a team effort, despite the fact that Victor reserves to himself the right to kill Logan.
Yes, this movie does subconsciously encourage you to write in long, run-on sentences.
It’s exciting, it’s explanatory, but, in some ways, it’s ho-hum. We learn why Wolverine sometimes act as if he’s had a lobotomy (because, like, he had an extreme lobotomy, one might say), and while it makes sense, its consequence (amnesia concerning the love of his life and probably his murderous brother) ring just a trifle hollow.
If you’re an X-Men fan, or just want a bit of adventure for the evening, this isn’t a bad choice. Don’t look for it to be life-changing, though.
