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, 20th Century Fox.
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