![]() ![]() After trekking to Japan, accompanied by diminutive warrior Yukio (Rila Fukushima), Logan is embroiled in family power struggles, open warfare with Yakuza and ninjas, and is haunted by the ghost of Jean while falling for Mariko (Tao Okamoto), until he faces an ultimate showdown with a huge adamantium samurai. He is brought back into the world, summoned by an old friend, Yashida, a Japanese soldier he saved the life of during the US’s bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. The film found Logan (Hugh Jackman) hiding out in self-enforced isolation, still depressed after killing his great love, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). The Wolverine had already managed to put right most of the wrong that was done by the chaotic disaster that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and gave us a good look inside the head of one of the darkest, most complicated comic-book characters around. This cut – The Wolverine: Unleashed Extended Edition – is available now on Blu-ray for £19.99 from .uk. Somewhat overlooked in the midst of the summer blockbuster furore surrounding superhero sequels ( Iron Man 3) and reboots ( Man Of Steel), was the fact that Fox finally got round to making a decent movie about everyone’s favourite member of the X-Men.Īnd for the Blu-ray release of The Wolverine, diverse director James Mangold ( 3:10 To Yuma) has gone back to his original movie, beefed it up, and improved it. ![]()
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