The Wolverine Uk Exclusive Limited Lenticular Edition Bluray + Digital Hd Steelbook Region free

STUNNING! Having been a fan of Marvel, Dark Horse, 2000AD etc for many years and collecting the films also, I was thinking this would be a bit of a disappointment as I heard people saying it was rather average especially compared to the other X-MEN type films. How more could they be wrong. The first 20 mins captivated me, and I knew I was watching a masterpiece of a movie. The acting, script, flow of story is just superb and also has a surprisingly refreshing feel. You genuinely feel attached to all of the characters and the direction of the film is just beautiful, with virtually many scenes having an almost Ridley-Scott buttery perfection to it. The action pieces are excellent and are never OTT, by far the most faithful to the comics and most 'believable', one of the highlights being the fight atop of the bullet train. The pacing is really what makes this film, it is neither too fast nor too slow, but just absolutely perfect, with each scene unfolding with a kind of serene rhythm, giving you plenty of time to take in the characters and stunning cinematography and attention to detail. Visually the effects are gorgeous, the bear in the woods being one of the highlights for being so realistic. Hugh Jackman and the other supporting Japanese character actors are just superb, rock-solid and exactly what I wanted to see and hear. The story was nothing outstanding, but it is beautifully realised from the script and certainly keeps you interested. You feel it is building up to something and the ending doesn't disappoint. I was genuinely surprised in a few places! This really is a terribly underrated film, much more enjoyable than the previous Wolverine film and that was a good effort. I place this alongside Oblivion for the most criminally underrated films of the last few years. Excellent Blu-Ray quality, highly recommended!

Who doesnt love wolverine, even before the films wolverine in the comics was depicted as the bad ass of all bad ass's.. When Hugh Jackman was cast in this role it was perfection. His performance and look is great for it.. The first solo outing for this iconic character wasn't considered the best (however I still like it, you must enjoy films as an entertainment factor, and at its core it does that). But anyway down to this film. Taking place after X-Men:The Last Stand, the story takes you to a new part of the world and introduces a few new characters from the long history of the comics. It never has mattered if you are into the comics as the films are great as a stand alone element and give you the information and background on the characters you need (although if your like me you research the characters profile later anyway :D). This is a quality film and the visuals are as ever great and builds the tensions nicely for the next full X-Men Film. The one every one is waiting for....Days of Furtures Past!!!! Enjoy and add this too your collection...

I received the Blu-ray of The Wolverine today and upon inserting the disc I saw a short "20th Century Fox" logo, followed by a red screen saying "WARNING Your Blu-ray player requires an update in order to play this disc." Naturally, there is no recent firmware update available for the Samsung BD-D5500 that would allow me to play this disc. Now I'm stuck with a nice £15 wolverine-themed coaster until an update enables my player to actually play it, which can take weeks, months or may not even happen at all, because my player is about two years old and more recent products (read: those that are still being sold and make the company money) are being favored when it comes to firmware updates. Why is it so hard to roll out firmware updates among all major manufacturers first (Samsung is co-founder of the whole friggin' Blu-ray standard!) before releasing Blu-ray discs that actually require the respective updates? Why do studios leave paying customers hanging with an unusable product, while other people can enjoy their illegal copies without any such problems? Here is another theory: do studios make the whole Blu-ray standard more inconvenient than necessary on purpose in order to promote their HD streaming services that would give them maximum control over their content? After all, there is a code for a Digital HD download in the Blu-ray box that would allow me to watch the movie even though the disc doesn't work. Of course I will not be tempted by that offer. I paid for a physical medium and I damn well want to use it. This is making me furious. Just to be clear why I gave this a one star rating: Amazon is an online shop and not a movie site. Because of that I don't just rate the movie but the overall product. If a product doesn't work, not because it's faulty but by deliberate design, it doesn't deserve any other rating. My Blu-ray player is perfectly fine and up-to-date. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment decided to release a product with changed software routines that some hardware isn't prepared for yet, knowing full well what the consequences would be, and I decided to answer in kind with this review. If other customers don't find the warning that this product might not work on their hardware as well useful, so be it. ****UPDATE**** I found a solution to the problem. Yesterday I tried watching another movie that is being distributed by Fox Home Entertainment. Never Let Me Go. It greeted me with the same warning to update my player that greeted me when I tried playing the Wolverine Blu-ray. Since Never Let Me Go is from 2010 I suspected that a firmware update might have broken the compatibility with other older Fox titles as well, so I tested Aliens and A Good Day to Die Hard, both of which worked perfectly fine. Being at a loss I tested a pretty outrageous theory that I never would have thought off had'nt an old title like Never Let Me Go given me trouble. I removed my flash drive from the Samsung player and tried again. Suddenly Never Let Me Go worked. Then I tested The Wolverine and to my bafflement it worked as well! So clearly there is some kind of authoring problem going on with certain titles from Fox Home Entertainment that prevents them from working properly as long as a flash drive is attached to the (Samsung) player. How can something like that happen? Anyway, since a little fix like that made it possible to play the disc without having to wait weeks, months or eternity for a firmware update I bumped my rating from 1 star to 4 stars. Otherwise the Blu-ray is well made and the movie is good.

Immortality yes or no in this exciting life to death situation so much full on action and suspense this can only give, well we know the truth but let's carry on with my comments, the show is unusual and with the marvellous cast and great storyline there is no chance of not been fantastic, made in Japan and all this and that makes this an A grade plus. When it first started I really wasn't going to watch it, a bit slow on the mark but it did pick up and improved than that got my interest, We can't work the actors to much as they will get tired and demand more money. The imagination and ideas are fabulous so worth picking up the movie but you need the popcorn also, now when you relax with feet up well try to anyway, with this movie it could be a bit hard as it will have you on your toes, so for a brilliant night in of entertainment than this is it. Enjoy!

Yes! Finally a brilliant adaption of Wolverine & how it should be. The Origins story was good for the first part of how he became the monster that is Wolverine. But this part of his comic book life in Japan & all his troubles was brilliant and partly with his origins like World War II etc. The only thing I was missing was more mutants in it. Viper is a kick ass version of Madame Hydra and such a venomous bitch and brilliant main villain together with Silver Samurai who was more of a robotic suit trying to take wolverine out at the end nothing like his comic book origins but still better. Its more modern and just better produced and acted than the Origins tale which don't get me wrong I still like but this is far better. A all round brilliant and must see verison of Wolverine!

Well this movie surpassed my expections by far. I was expecting yet another Xmen Marvel blockbuster w nice effects but thin on the story. Quite the contrary....FINALLY we get a "thicker" more compelling "human" story rather than mutants vs someone. This is a personal journey into a rich japanese family and the inside power struggles, where Wolverine kinda' gets thrown into without his will. Even if you're not a fan of the series this is a great movie...there's no legacy stories from the other Xmen movies, or characthers for that matter (so no mutants overload)...just a standalone action/thriller movie/story based in Japan.

The Wolverine is a 2013 action fim starring Hugh Jackman as the iconic Wolverine. It is largely set in Japan and based loosely on the graphic novels by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller which saw the start of Wolverine's Japanese connection. The run-time on the Blu-ray is the same as the theatrical release. There is some talking head feature as part of the Extras but not much else. The Blu-ray comes with a downloadable version. Wolverine is one of the greatest of the comic book heroes. His sense of honour, the underdog with that rage, his immortality, and pervading sense of grief are so well known. Wolverine's journey into Japan is a part of his lore, something well known to fans. It is good to see this part of the great Wolverine on screen. The Wolverine is not a direct translation of comic book onto film. In the Extras, producer Hutch Parker says that the best films do not stick too closely to canon. He is completely wrong. The closer a film sticks to its origin the better it tends to be with only a few rare exceptions. The Wolverine is not an exception. It is a good film but never great, it is not as interesting or exciting as the world from which it was drawn but it is a perfectly fine action adventure. One of the most difficult things about The Wolverine when compared to the original is Hugh Jackman himself. He is a magnifcent Wolverine. Jackman is so intense, appears to be locked so deep in thought all of the time. The fire within burns throughout and seems to be just on the cusp of control. It is an excellent performance. The problem though is that he is too big. This is not just an issue of comparison but also affects the way his character comes across. Jackman is a really big guy. Wolverine is a notably average height superhero. With Jackman on screen he never seems like the underdog in this film. Every physical scene looks like one his opponents have no chance to win. Part of Wolverine's mystique is his willingness to take on unfavourable odds. The sense of drama lacks when Hugh Jackman towers over his opponents and his huge muscles are enhanced by lighting and some visual effects. The worst example of this is the fight scene with Shingen Yashida played by Hiroyuki Sanada. Jackman is nearly a foot taller than Sanada who is a small framed guy anyway. Normally in these situations it is the little guy who the audience should support - Bruce Lee in Game of Death being the stereotypical example. It is hard to sympathise with a brutal savage who overpowers his rivals and in any case cannot really be hurt by them. Far more effective are the character driven elements of the fillm. In particular, Wolverine's appearance at Nagasaki that fateful day is an outstanding sequence. It does what works so well for the Wolverine character in previous films in that it takes real happenings and puts Wolverine into them in a realistic way. The sequence with the future Yashida patriach in which Wolverine saves his life is beautiful and really quite moving. When he returns later in the film to that same spot it is something quite special. There is though not really enough character and there is too much action. The action sequences are generally ok rather than excellent. The use of a slightly different choreographic style for Wolverine compared to previous films is good, the use of samurai swords always a winner. However, the battles with Yakuza are not especially exciting. Part of the lack of drama is that Wolverine is too powerful, he is always going to win. The absence of other mutants makes it an immortal demi-god taking on puny mortals. The final sequence vs the Silver Samurai is terrible. The Silver Samurai looks far too bulky and unrealistic. It is a tin robot, the sort of thing Terminator should be taking on rather than Wolverine. It is a real surprise to find this abomination was designed by the legendary Weta Workshop. Possibly it needed to be so big and appear so clumsy because Hugh Jackman is too big. An exception to the poor action sequences is the ride on the bullet train. Fight scenes on trains are nothing new. What makes this sequence work so well is the sense of speed. It is really well directed to have the illusion of threat from speed generated by blue screen. The Bullet really does seem to travel at its breakneck speed. It seems to pose a real challenge to Wolverine, the sequence is excellent. When he is not fighting, Hugh Jackman is outstanding. He is a magnificent screen fighter but the directing and choreography really let him down. However, the directing cannot get in the way of his wonderful screen presence. There is a calmness about Jackman that always seems to be on the brink of breaking apart. His interaction with the other characters, especially the women, works well. Jackman's Wolverine is a troubled beast trying so hard to deny the monster within while doing everything he can to support those around him. Jackman captures his character so well it generates real pathos. Jackman's primary screen compatriots in The Wolverine are relative unknowns Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida and Rila Fukushima as Yukio. It is Yukio with whom Wolverine first interacts and the pair seem ideal. The playful and fun Yukio seems to be exactly who Wolverine needs to be with, ideal girlfriend material for him to shake him out of his permanently sombre mood. Unfortunately the beautiful Fukushima is not the love interest, she is just the bodyguard. Fukushima seems to be having fun in every scene she appears in, her light footed combat style is really pleasing to watch. It is a bit confusing to see Yukio wearing the red and grey hoops worn by Lady Deathstrike in the animated series and it seems to associate the two. Fukushima looks great in the outfit though, almost the cyberpunk part of Japanese culture. Tao Okamoto has less presence. As love interest Mariko Yashida she is not overly endowed with personality. She also does not look the part. Okamoto is a much more westernised vision of beauty. She is very tall, slender, almost frail. Okamoto's modelling career has existed in part because she does not look typically Japanese. In Japan this makes sense but there seems little point in casting a Japanese person who looks just like a westerner. Mariko is subdued and quiet which is supposed to make her a contrast for Wolverine's rage but it is too close to the contemplative Wolverine on screen most of the time. Compared with the imposing Hugh Jackman, Okamoto really fails to shine at all. The minor characters are not given much to go on. Villain Viper is a fun threat but plays a limited role in the story. Kenuichio Harada seems to be a good marksman but in the comic to movie world is just a poor man's Hawkeye. It is a bit weird for the original character of the Silver Samurai to just be a bit part player in a film that actually features the Silver Samurai. Jean Grey makes a brief un-needed appearance mid-way through the story. Visually The Wolverine is good. It looks decent on Blu-ray. The settings are great, using parts of Tokyo and other parts of Japan adds authenticity. The Extras are terrible. Nearly an hour of verbal back-slapping between the various talking heads does not a special feature make. It is a great example of what not to do. There is hardly any behind the scenes activity, nothing about how things unfolded the way they did, just line after line of slightly defensive self-praise. The Wolverine is a missed opportunity. It is a missed opportunity to take one of the greatest characters of the 20th century, put him in one of his iconic settings in Japan, and present the next great comic book based film. Director James Mangold seems to have got much of it really quite wrong. This film should have been slower in the Japanese style. It should have been more character based and dialogue heavy. The action sequences are generally poorly designed. The casting of Tao Okamoto was a mistake. There are really great things about this film, notably the excellent acting of Hugh Jackman and Hiroyuki Sanada as well as the playful Rila Fukushima. It could have been great, it is just ok.

another great addition to the superhero library , hugh jackman once again plays the wolverine and hacks and slashes his way through japan this time, yacuza gangsters fall at every swipe of those fearsome claws , good story line jumps back and forth and helps to explain what is going on , funny thing was every time he had his chest out the cd kept stopping for some strange reason , well thats what mrs b told me anyway ????? , great action film