I was NOT EXPECTING *THE WOLVERINE* IN JAPAN! (but I enjoyed it!) 

Wolverine has fairly big history in Japan in the comics, a lot of his comic book history takes place there. He was a legit samurai for a decade or two, and had a family, etc. Outside of his military career, Japan is where he learned most of his fighting and covert skills. A big important part actually involves Bucky AKA the Winter Soldier in Japan but I don't think that part will ever make it to the movie universes.

In the comics, Logan is actually pretty short - only 5' 4". But Hugh Jackman plays him so damn well the fact that's he is almost a foot taller never bothered me.

The movie is an adaptation of popular Wolverine stories set in Japan. Not the best in the franchise but it’s a huge step up after X-Men Origins. Logan is the pinnacle of the solo Wolverine movies (as you’ve probably heard)

6:54 We have seen many international mutants before. Logan, Deadpool and Sabretooth are Canadian, Colossus is Russian, Nightcrawler and Magneto are German, Toad is British.

9:18 In the comics Mariko was one of Wolverine's main girlfriends but their relationship hit a snag when he had to kill her dad Shingen in a death duel. And later Viper who in the comics was just a human assassin with that codename rather than the literal snake lady here poisoned Mariko and Logan had to mercy kill her.

Even tough you did not like this movie that much - stay tuned for Days of Future Past and Logan. These two are really worth it!

"I can't tell if she's evil. She just goes around killing people for no reason" I really do love the commentary! ;-)

I actually really enjoyed The Wolverine... This was one of my favorites tbh

2:53 Wasn't there a comic that actually depicted Wolverine regenerating from one single drop of blood? That's how crazy insane the healing factor is.

Oh boy, can’t wait for the next one. That being said, if you haven’t watched DOFP yet I would highly recommended watching The Rogue Cut of the film if you can find it.

Wolverine had a pretty rich history taking place in Japan in the comics so it was cool that they did this in a movie. I really enjoyed this movie.

I'm glad they let James Mangold write LOGAN

The movie may have started out as Wolverine’s early years in Japan- He had a romance with Yuriko, the daughter of the scientist who developed the adamantium process, but was taken by the secret lab along with the formula, to be it’s first subject. Yuriko thought Wolverine had killed her father and stolen the secret, and became avenging samurai Lady Deathstrike in search of revenge. That would have made a better story, if they also hadn’t messed the whole canon up in X2.

Logan feels all the pain like normal. In the first movie, Rogue asks if it hurts when his claws come out, and he says, "Every time." His claws are cutting through the skin on his knuckles every time he unsheathes them, but he just learned to deal with it. It's also why the guy kicking him in the nethers in the first movie pissed him off. He healed any damage that may have happened, but it's still a lot of pain.

There’s a pretty interesting reason for why the Japanese drive on the left hand side of the road. In the days of the Samurai, they walked on the left to prevent Samurai accidentally hitting their sword scabbards together (katana are worn on the left hip), which could needlessly start a fight and end a life.

The height is on e of the ongoing inconsistencies in these movies. In the comics, Wolverine is only 5'3"

lol No this isn't the first time we've seen an international mutant 😀 Remember, Wolvie(and DeadPool) is Canadian. Nightcrawler is German I do believe(as is Magneto) Colossus is Russian Professor X is English Storm is from Kenya (in the comics, a lot of countries have mutant heroes, like the X-Men...For example, Canada's main one is *Alpha Flight,* though many others fear the mutants) **edit** Hugh Jackman may be 6'3'", buy Wolverine/Logan is only 5'3". The studio conveniently chose to forget/ignore that ... little... fact. 😀

It was a simple redemption story. Logan retreated from the world from the aftermath of X-Men the Last Stand. He is still traumatized from what he did to Jean. His old friend wants to see him and of course betrays him to gain more life. Wolverine is pulled into this family feud which forces him to protect Mariko, even though he doesn't feel like a hero nor wants to be be, again because of Jean. But in the course of events in protecting Mariko and the good memories of Jean, Wolverine is reminded of what it means to be a hero, to protect those unable to protect themselves. With this in mind he ventures back into the world to be an X-Men. There's the story. Too easy. And this was NOT cheesy. Watch a Roger Corman film, then you will truly know what Cheesy really is. Actually in the comics Mariko was a big love interest of Wolverine. They were even engaged to be married once upon a time. So there is a big history behind their relationship that's not explored in the movie. And Mariko was not committing adultery with Logan as she was not married.

One of the plot holes people like pointing out is how there's now way Logan could possibly have known about the atomic bombs. 10:00 In Japan, most people mind their own business. Also, it's not like they could really do anything. 12:09 No. That's a "Love Hotel." 20:45 That's Brian Tee (Takeshi/"DK" from F&F Tokyo Drift, and Dr. Ethan Choi from the "Chicago" TV series). 21:08 I like how wrong the association of Adamantium with immortality is. He knows Logan is basically immortal, and has Adamantium. But that's not where Logan's "immortality" comes from. In fact, the Adamantium in his body would kill him if it weren't for his natural healing power. Logan literally has eternal heavy metal poisoning, but his healing factor is constantly keeping it from actually doing anything. Conversely, Logan's mutation should also turn him into a feral animal, but the Adamantium is actually "restraining" his mutation, keeping him human. 24:27 Yes. Logan has built up an inhuman level of pain tolerance as a result of his literal centuries of combat experience. Though his quick healing would also just eliminate the pain quicker. 24:36 It's actually not possible to cut Logan in half (or really cut any part of him off that's attached by bones, due to his bones being covered in Adamantium). - There was *one* instance though, in which Hulk ripped Logan in half, throwing his lower half miles away, and Logan had to crawl his way back too his other half. 33:00 You cut out the tease of the classic yellow/black costume (a tease which is only paying off 11 years later with next year's Deadpool 3 movie). Also, Prof. X is alive because he has an identical twin that was born braindead. So he was kept alive to serve as a backup body for Prof. X, who transferred his mind into it when he died in X3. Some other things you may not know about Logan: - He served in WWII with Steve Rogers/Captain America and Bucky Barnes (however, Steve was not aware that he was ageless or a mutant). Also Logan was still going by his original name, James Howlett, as he hadn't lost his memories yet. Steve nicknamed him "Lucky Jim." - I believe Logan doesn't like planes because if the plane goes down over water, he can't swim since the Adamantium in his body makes him too heavy.

I generally agree with your reaction to the film. The Wolverine is 2/3 of a good movie. The first part, when it's a heavily character-driven Japanese Noir suspense flick was great. It just all collapsed by shoehorning a Generic Superhero Rumble into the third act. Also, the Silver Samurai would have been SO much more effective had he been truer to the original story, rather than the Iron Man clone they turned him into (Silver Samurai in the comics is literally just a guy wearing Japanese armor, though made of some form of steel, not adamantium). In the books Logan has a very close affinity to Japanese culture. Mariko Yashida is also probably Logan's greatest love (the movies have GREATLY overplayed the Logan/Jean infatuation, though I think that borrows liberally from the 90s animated series. It's much more restrained in the books) though they were never able to marry, and Mariko was ultimately killed as a result of all the intrigues surrounding her control of Clan Yashida. She got resurrected eventually, (because comics) but she and Logan still never got it together. One interesting thing of note is that Black Clan was actually the Hand in the original book, but Fox didn't have the rights to use them.

This is the best of the wolverine movies. It's even better in 3D.

21:45… I’m speechless to what I just saw 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

My whole reason for wanting to visit Japan is so I can stay at a “mission to mars” hotel, it looks so much fun. Also the bullet train fight is amazing and underrated.

One of the best and most underrated X-men series movies

When watching Logan, remember the phrase Yukio says to him inside the car in this movie.

lol was a blast seeing you all hype about the net - a metal one wouldn't do much good either, though, as adamantium can cut through anything

I love how excited you got that they picked the Mission to Mars room.

VK, inventor of the famous Net technique.

I almost hated this movie because the Sliver Samurai isn’t a man in robot suit in the comics. He is a mutant!! He has the power to channel kinetic energy with his sword.

"Shoot what is wrong with my mind?" Is a statement i make daily lol

Genuinely my favorite part about this movie is the end credit scene that shit had me shaking in my boots

3:07 you can’t hide lol 😂😂😂😂

Aside from DEADPOOL 3 We won't be seeing Wolverine smoking a cigar in the MCU

"I love her nose, she's so pretty I can't get over it" lol I think the same of you. I'm catching up before Logan but I love reaction comments like these lol

RE: "Is this the first mutant we've seen from another country? Outside the U.S.?" ... no ... Professor X (U.K.), Magneto (Germany), Nightcrawler (Germany), Colossus (Russia), Wolverine (Canada) ... there's probably more, but that's I can think of off the top of my head.

The weird thing is that the Silver Samauri and Thanos are Iron Man villains. Kingpin was a Spider-Man villain, and he once bear hugged Captain America. Vision DID attack the Avengers. He was deployed by Ultron. And I remember first seeing Wolverine as a Hulk Villain. Times sure change.

When you said he aged to 30 and stopped I cried 😂😂 I was like he looks at least 40 there’s no way I look that “distinguished” 😂

Regarding non-American mutants, Magneto was a Polish Jew, Colossus is Russian, Kurt (the blue teleporting mutant Nightcrawler) was German.

keep Yukio in mind when you watch Deadpool 2. Don't underestimate japans love affair with pachinko parlors.

Mean uncle is the tough Samurai from "Last Samurai ".

Healing major wounds that quickly has to itch like crazy

The "Raiders of the Lost Ark" effect. The world would have been a better place if Logan had just stayed home.

You didn't really like the relationship between him and Mariko because it was rushed. In the comics, Mariko is a bigger love interest than Jean. Wolverine and Japan are deeply connected.

3:15 Logan doesn't even have time for a BEAR IN THE WOODS. It's probably the BEAR UNDERSTANDING what he has to deal with and wants no parts of that.😂😂😂 I'll go with the latter.

Brodie : Should I call you Logan, Weapon-X? Jay : No, Wolverine! Mallrats 1995.

It was amazing to see Hawkeye 's cameo

Rogue: "Does it hurt? When they come out?" Logan: "Every Time."

This uncut version is so much better than the standard version, though the theatrical release in the uk was actually a 3rd version. So that had a totally truncated Ninja vs Snowplough scene & no Mariko badd ass in the love hotel fight. What it did have was 1 or 2 seconds here or there that was basically more Schnikt! Violence. Regardless of how the Silver Samurai ending is a little by the numbers this remains my favourite X-men movie.

Yes, playing Pachinko very much IS an obsession in Japan.

Can’t wait for Days of Future Past 😊

Is that a... Stethoscope in brandan Fraser's neck?

That lady mutant is called Viper, and is played by Svetlana Khodchenkova. That Slavic bone structure is something else, heh.

Chris Claremont wrote the X-Men from the mid-70s to the early 90s and made them what they are today. Frank Miller wrote and drew Daredevil, revamping that comic book and making it a best-seller. Miller also did the graphic novel 300, and the series "Sin City." Together, they did the first Wolverine mini-series, which this movie is loosely based on.

17:36 Funny story, you were talking about how nice and cozy the whole rain and fall weather is and I was like "mmm...yeah I can almost smell the freshness of the rain rn" And I went to get a snack to find it actually RAINING outside...I was so happy I went down there to a store to get the snack...eating it now...

0:30 the ending is kind a weird and borderline hilarious. But some of the stuffs in here are great and would be a pre-cursor to 2017's Logan. I really love this movie, especially the first part.

Hey, Vicky! "You'll die with your heart in your hands." Remember this line. Its true meaning is incredible. X-MEN TIMELINES: Egypt --> 1845 --> Nagasaki --> First Class --> DOFP --> Origins ------------------------------------------------> X1 --> X2 --> X3 --> Wolverine -------> New Mutants ----------------------> Logan Egypt --> 1845 --> Nagasaki --> First Class --> DOFP ----------------> Apocalypse --> Dark Phoenix ------------------------------------------------> Deadpool --> Deadpool 2 -----> DOFP Utopia Egypt --> 1845 --> Nagasaki --> First Class --> DOFP -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> DOFP Dystopia This film captures the essence of the seminal 1983 mini-series written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Frank Miller simply titled "Wolverine" and even integrates elements of the "Fatal Attractions" storyline that sees Wolvie lose his adamantium. I really enjoyed "The Wolverine"! It's one of the better X-Men movies and the only one to explore Logan's many Japanese sojourns over the years in the comics. The EXTENDED CUT has even more character development of Shingen and Mariko as well as some spectacularly bloody deaths during the snowy village ninja battle! The set pieces are extraordinary like the bombing of Nagasaki, the footrace through Tokyo, the exhilarating bullet train sequence and the epic battle against a pack of ninjas! Although Silver Samurai becomes more of a mech suit and contains a different occupant than the comics, the transformation of Yashida from a compassionate young officer to a selfish, grasping magnate is a compellingly tragic turnabout. Rila Fukushima nearly steals the show as Yukio and Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Will Yun Lee deliver solid performances bringing Shingen, Mariko and Harada to vivid life! The end-credit scene for "X3: The Last Stand" explained Charles' new body but not his Patrick Stewart face. Comic book knowledge of Charles' twin fills that plot-hole unless you assume Xavier is projecting Stewart's face into everyone's minds for the sake of familiarity. Make sure you see the ROGUE CUT for "Days of Future Past". DO NOT WATCH THE FILMS IN RELEASE ORDER!!!!! FOLLOW THIS RECOMMENDED ORDER!!!!! It keeps the multiple timelines orderly. RECOMMENDED VIEWING ORDER: X-Men X2: X-Men United X3: The Last Stand X-Men Origins: Wolverine X-Men: First Class The Wolverine: Extended Cut X-Men: Days of Future Past: The Rogue Cut X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: Dark Phoenix Deadpool New Mutants Logan Deadpool 2

I can understand some folks not caring for this movie. I'm pretty mixed on it. But anyone that says this is the LEAST favorite (meaning they like "Origins" more), they need to be examined.

34:49 "So I'd have to say this is possibly one of my least favorite X-men films. I'm sorry if I don't share the same opinion as you guys. You know, everybody has their own opinion." To be honest, I'm just glad to hear another opinion from you other than "I like it, it was good.", or "It was one of my favorites". I say that because I was starting to get bored with your seemingly always positive reviews for lesser movies and I was really starting to wonder for a while "Are you always going to give a positive review for everything?". I mean I like your reactions and admire your positive attitude, but there are such thing as bad movies and they should be acknowledged whenever you watch one. That's just my opinion though, as I found out that this movie is based on the comics, and that this kind of divisive among audiences. I know there are some, who like and praise it (and that's fine, I can totally understand it). But for me, I found this to be filler.

Its so cute how much you enjoyed them using the net

Hoping for Logan next, such a great movie!

Hugh Jackman is 6' 2" (188cm). They had to cast tall women to play opposite him: Famke Jansen (Jean Grey) is 6' and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique) is 5' 11". In the comics, Wolverine is short and stocky, rather than tall.

seeing you react to the blood in this movie, made me think you're not ready for "Logan" 😂

Fun fact most of the public stand ins are random people going about there day since Japan at the time didn’t have many laws for filmmakers to block off areas for filming so they had to run through public doing all this stuff

I fully agreed with you, Vicky! Great reaction.

According to his IMDB profile, Jackman is 6"2 ...I always knew he was tall, which is the one little nitpick I had with him playing Wolverine, because Wolverine is supposed to be 5"4. But Jackman did such a wonderful job playing the part that I don't think anyone cared he was too tall for the part!

I just realized those hunters in the beginning of the movie didn't kill the bear, it was the Ninja's because they use poison tipped arrows so they killed the bear to draw out logan

I know two things: 1 - If someone tried drilling into my knuckles, I would not be okay with that. 2 - I’m not important enough for someone to drill into my knuckles. (This one’s really important.)

6:54 Magneto is a mutant from outside the US (Germany).

that bear always makes me cry

Hugh Jackman is pretty tall, yes. The funny thing is, in the comics, Wolverine is depicted as a short person 🤣

logan proceeds to save the entitled brat like 4 times ... "i can do it al lalone i dont need you"... *SIIIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHH* ... whaman.

"Is this the first time we've seen an international mutant? Like one outside the US" Vickie Wolverine is Canadian 🤣😂🤣😂

International mutants are very common, in fact Roy Thomas the editor saw to it that they were diverse in nationality; Logan's Canadian, Magneto and Nightcrawler are German, Colossus is Russian, Sunspot is Brazilian and so on

Its not the first, the Toad Mutant was Brittish, and Wolverine is Australian.

Who could hate this movie? It's Wolverine fighting ninjas and samurai?!

This is actually one of my favorites but I got agree with you with the ending sequence. That’s the only part I was not impressed with. Everything up to that point I thought was good. But everyone has their own opinion. Glad you reviewed it anyway! Hope you enjoyed the next two films! And if he was almost crying in this one, break out the tissues for the movie call Logan!

i loved this movie. i thought it had a very different feel to it, but it still had lots of fun action! i really do think this is one of my favorites, but it was a departure so i can understand those who didn't like it. there are lots of cliches but i happen to enjoy lots of cliches so it is definitely a love it or hate it movie.

@VKunia After this comes the epic X-Men Days of future Past the Rogue cut

I just realized that the dudes "catch" line being no one wants immortality, except him. So ya know it's a con from the start.

The X-men animated series handled this story better.

I liked this film, but not because of the X-men stuff, only because it was set in Japan.

The moment Logan lost healing factor he should have switched to martial arts. He lived so long he accumulated extensive skills, he is not just a brawler. In words of Black Widow in his SHIELD file: "Karate, Aikido, Krav Maga, you name it I´ve seen him use it." And I think Hugh Jackman could have pulled off martial arts movie with focus on swordplay and hand to hand. Yukio is not a mutant in the comics, she is assassin and former lover of Logan who raises his adopted daughter despite getting confined to a wheel chair. She gets called "Ninja Mother" for it by her teen aged kid.

The setup for penultimate X-Men movie days of future past.

first non-US mutant? Just the ones that have been in movies: Logan, sabretooth and Deadpool are Canadian, Magneto is Polish, Apocalypse is Egyptian, Banshee and Tom Cassidy are Irish, Nightcrawler is German, Colossus is Russian,

Wait....wait....has it taken me ten years to figure out nobu is in this as nobu and daredevil🤯 I need to go flog myself

Happy Birthday, young lady!

Can’t wait for her to watch Logan

dang brendan fraser has some swag

the box Yukio got before getting on the plane was Wolverine s Costume from the comics there's a deleted scene you can watch here on RU-vid.

For the next movie "Days of Future's Past" PLEASE watch the 'Rogue Cut' version. It's more worth it than the orignal version.

LOGAN is still my favorite out of the wolverine movies and X-Men

24:56 Great title drop.

“Bali but ‘super’” 🤣🤣🤣

the extended edition is the best version.

Mariko being younger than Logan a given, he is around 200 years old. He has the same problem as vampires and other immortals. Everyone he knows and falls in love with will be hundreds of years younger than him and they will all die before him.

There's an alternate ending, in which Yukio gives Logan a gift on the plane. He opens it up, and finds his original brown and gold uniform.

“Go to the hole… go to the hole NOW!” 😂😂😂

For a long time this was a lot of people's favorite wolverine movie...then Logan came out also directed by this guy

24:00 that thing on Logan's heart is not an insect. It is a nano robot. It is a small robot designed to suppress mutant powers. It acts very similar to The anti-mutant drug in X-Men 3. With Logan it just slow down his healing ability but he's still healed faster than humans.

I was at the premier of this movie! A friend of mine got me there a I remember 9 feet away from Hugh Jackman 🎆🙏 I enjoyed this movie so much got one of the Movie Posters from it, Great experience, And good reaction here a great one 🤘