The Wolverine

Actors:  Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova
Rating:  8 out of 10, The Wolverine which could be re-titled “Hugh Jackman Without his Shirt On”. This was indeed a pleasure for my wife who spent the entire movie sighing every of the multiple times Hugh was called upon to divest himself of his shirt. There’s even a scene of Hugh in a bath tub where he flashes his long admired (by my wife) posterior. I thought she would faint.  All this being said, this was a pretty good action flick. I’ve never been apprised of the X-Men mythology outside of my kids’ failed attempts to educate me. I’m sure there were lots of hidden meanings known only to the initiated but Jackman is an incredibly good actor. He defines the role and even I have to admit that he got himself in scarily good shape for the movie. (PED testing coming to the cinema?)  This movie was very Japanese and the supporting actors were uniformly good except for the female lead playing Mariko.  She just couldn’t hold her own, absolutely no screen presence.
MVP:  Jackman and his abs as Logan