You don't need to have seen the previous five films in which Hugh Jackman has starred as the brawny lead character, Logan-especially not the disappointing first solo adventure outside the series, 2009's " X-Men Origins: Wolverine." This is a far more successful melding of character, script and imagery-at least until the third act, when it just turns silly and needlessly cartoony. It has such a strong aesthetic about it, it's almost as if "The Wolverine" functions as its own stand-alone film, rather than as a piece of the " X-Men" mythology. Far from it: Director James Mangold's film features some breathtakingly suspenseful action sequences, exquisite production and costume design and colorful characters, some of whom register more powerfully than others. That's not to say that "The Wolverine" is painfully self-serious.
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