Hugh Jackman keeps his rogue charm on a tight leash in superhero prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The picturesque, PG- 13 revenge epic pits Jackman’s scowling Logan, aka Wolverine, against vicious freaks, a mad scientist and a brutal big brother that could give kids nightmares. It also explains, once and for all, the brokenhearted rage that drives Marvel Comics’ adamantium-clawed alpha mutant. Dispensing with X-Men: The Last Stand’s cartoony aspects, South African director Gavin Hood, who won a 2006 foreign-language Oscar for Tsotsi, hews closer to the brooding tone established by Bryan Singer’s first two X-Men movies.

Hugh Jackman keeps his rogue charm on a tight leash in superhero prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

The picturesque, PG- 13 revenge epic pits Jackman’s scowling Logan, aka Wolverine, against vicious freaks, a mad scientist and a brutal big brother that could give kids nightmares. It also explains, once and for all, the brokenhearted rage that drives Marvel Comics’ adamantium-clawed alpha mutant.

Dispensing with X-Men: The Last Stand’s cartoony aspects, South African director Gavin Hood, who won a 2006 foreign-language Oscar for Tsotsi, hews closer to the brooding tone established by Bryan Singer’s first two X-Men movies.

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