There are two ways of looking at X-Men. The first involves you not knowing a thing about the comic-book. The second is the opposite and, unfortunately, it was my way of looking at it.

If you're going to make a blockbuster based on a comic that's been going for 30 odd years you've got to introduce the characters so that general public know where they're going. But you know what? Why not just call the film Wolverine and base it on the life of, by far, the most interesting out of the X-Men? Then have it written by someone like Warren Ellis, involve it round a lot of cigar smoking and fist fights and you have a sure-fire hit that pisses everyone off.

Err…right, X-Men. It's entertaining up to a certain point (the introduction of Wolverine) though it's funny how the whole thing is about five minutes long and goes something like this: intro, swish bang, end. So if you like your CGI rather than your films, if you're the sort of person that plays a video game for its FMV, then you'll probably lap this up like any other money-making bollocks that you're brainwashed into paying for.

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(Wolverine's sideburns 4/5)