FEEL THE FURY OF “THE WOLVERINE”
Set
in Japan and directed by James Mangold, Logan aka Wolverine played by Hugh
Jackman is back in a succeeding story after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand about the adamantium-clawed hero, “The Wolverine.”
Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox |
“The
Wolverine,” vulnerable and alone at the start of the movie, is searching for
meaning in his life. Logan travels to Tokyo where he is embroiled in a
mysterious web of tangled loyalties, deceit and intrigue, fighting bloody
battles against deadly adversaries in a world that is entirely foreign to him.
The
most iconic character in the X-Men universe embarks upon on an epic journey in
modern-day Japan, the century-old mutant known to the world as Wolverine, is
lured to Japan that he hasn’t seen since World War II – and into a shadowy
world of Yakuza and Samurai.
Suddenly
finding himself on the run with a mysterious, beautiful heiress and confronted
for the first time with the prospect of true mortality, Logan will be pushed to
the physical and emotional edge – further than he’s ever been. On a perilous
journey to rediscover the hero inside, Logan will be forced to grapple not only
with powerful foes, mutant and human alike, but with the ghosts of his own
haunted past, as well. As The Wolverine crosses his adamantium claws with
Samurai swords, striking out through a maze of love, betrayal and honor, he
will truly come to know the price of a life without end.
“This
story takes The Wolverine into a world that is vastly different from any seen
before in the X-Men series,” says Hugh Jackman, who also serves as a producer
on the film. “It’s visually different and the tone is different.
There are a lot of battles in this story, but the greatest battle of all is the
one within Logan between being a monster and a becoming a human being.”
Jackman saw in this untold part of the character’s history a rare chance
to dive even deeper beneath The Wolverine’s indestructibility, and to
illuminate his darkest aspects in a new way.
“One thing I find particularly interesting about Wolverine is his immortality,
the fact that with his healing factor he can go on forever like a god, and
because of that he also experiences the loneliness of a god. Even when
Logan loses those he loves, he knows that he will keep going on,” director
James Mangold observes. “He’s been going on for a century now, through wars and
battles and deaths of his loved ones and he’s come to a point of great
weariness. It’s a classic theme– the man who can live forever but suffers
because of it. Logan is a damaged hero, and this story is very much about him
looking to reclaim something he’s lost in himself.”
“Jim
Mangold knows how to make a movie that is fun, has incredible action, and yet
also delivers all the finer elements of character and storytelling,” says
Jackman. “He pushed me to go deeper, angrier, heavier, more berserk in every
way and in every take.”
From
the start, Mangold wanted to break the mold of the comic book-based film.
Explains the director: “What interested me about The Wolverine was doing
something quite different from the standard superhero movie, where it’s about
stopping a villain’s diabolical plot. In this story, the action and suspense
are built more on character, and are woven into a world that makes for a
completely different kind of experience, one that you haven’t seen before.”
“The
Wolverine” is released by 20th Century Fox and distributed by
Warner Bros.
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