This movie is "The Green Berets" meets "Black Hawk Down" meets "Independence Day" and yeah, you may have met them all once before but not put together quite like this. Don't expect "Citizen Kane" and you won't be disappointed. This is 2 hours of gritty, in your face, explosive fun!
I liked this movie better when it was called "Braveheart". However, this angry Aussie manages to pull off similar form, if not in a more subdued and brooding fashion. Slodging about halfway through the muddy 2 and a half hours, my nephew and I were rethinking our selection for this flic over Magruber. Lookin back, I can now see a no-win situation with our choices.
Answers the question: Why is Logan so surly? Seems this dude has a lot on his back...dysfunctional family, dishonorable past, the love of a good woman, and The Man trying to keep him down...even if he can't remember it all! The movie is action packed from the get-go but initially leans more towards conventional thrills (mano y mano fisticuffs, bullets, bombs, etc) and doesn't get fully immersed in the geeky mutanty stuff until near the end...and even then, it wades (ha! get it?!?) only chest deep. Don't go to this movie thinkin you're gonna see a lot of neato mutants zippin about doing mutant stuff. You won't. But you do get your appetite for Gambit and Deadpool whetted, enough to pique your curiosity until the next spin-off movie.