In the beginning there was the 2000 cinematic introduction of all things mutant, some good and some excessively proactive. The good were the Xavier’s X-Men and the excessively proactive belonged to Magneto’s unsympathetic Brotherhood of Mutants.

Wolverine, not necessarily part of the good or proactive, is living in the Canadian wilderness as an outsider just trying to make a buck by winning a cage match here and there. With a body full of adamantium with rather remarkable healing powers he is a formidable opponent in the ring.

Wolverine quickly becomes entangled in Magneto’s plans for annihilation of humans, forcing him to team up with Xavier’s X-Men. He ultimately plays a crucial role in the epic battle against Magneto and the Brotherhood.

Genre:  Action—Adventure–Fantasy—Sci-Fi

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Screenplay by: Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, David Hayter

Music by:  Michael Kamen

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen

Film Locations:  Ontario, Canada

Els: 8.5/10

IMDb:  7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes Critics:  82

Rotten Tomatoes Audience:  83

Metacritic Metascore: 64

Metacritic User Score:  7.5/10

Theaters: 12 July 2000

Runtime: 104 minutes

Budget:  $75 million

Worldwide Box Office:  $296.3 million

Source: IMDb. Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic. Graphic: Movie Poster, 20^th Century Fox.