X Men Origins: Wolverine: 7/10

Persuading my girlfriend to see any film involving violence and genetically-enhanced super-heroes has never been easy. But X-Men is different. This is wholesome family violence, with a moral purpose to boot.

Wolverine, one of the good X-men from the original bigscreen trilogy, is the focus of this film which is, to all intents and purposes, a vehicle for hairy hunk Hugh Jackman.

All those flashbacks we see in the first three films - hinting at the hirsuite one's origins - are filled in. There are new mutants, both good and bad (including some who look set for their own X Man vehicle). Some live. Some die (you get a bonus if you manage to spot Shain from Neighbours). There is a fantastically unbelievable denouement (even more so than the rest of the film). And by the end of it all, you feel satisfied, that you got the bang for your buck, but with one unanswered question: what happens to Wolverine's brother?