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Performance-wise, I have no complaints - the actors all did a good job. I especially liked Liev Schrieber as Victor Creed (aka Sabretooth).
With a running time of less than two hours, Wolverine moves at a fast enough pace to keep you entertained but it's too short to be totally entertaining because of a number of glaring problems.
In my limited knowledge of the X-Men mythology I've always thought of Logan as the reluctant hero who prefers to be alone because of his violent nature and the terrible things he's done in the past. Sadly, this movie barely delves into the bad things that Logan has done. And for an origins story it's unforgivable that the writers skim over so much of his personal history.
Part of the reason is that character development takes a back seat because the movie tries to do too much with the time it has - there's Logan's relationship with Victor Creed, introduction of other mutants - Deadpool and Gambit amongst them, Logan's romance (totally unnecessary) as well as Stryker's machinations. With a tighter focus, Wolverine could have been a really good movie.
Though most unforgivable was the explanation of Wolverine's memory loss. The Deux Ex Machina was just lame.
The action was good and the camera movement not that shaky but there were some awful CGI - Wolverine testing out his Adamantium claws and the appearance of an important mutant at the end were both laughably bad.
You can have a good time watching Wolverine, but I doubt I'll be re-watching it anytime soon.
6/10
