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the wolverine (2013)

the wolverine
The Wolverine
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Sci-Fi

Release Date
July 23, 2013
Director
James Mangold
Runtime
126
Main Genre
Action
Tagline
When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous.
Franchise
Marvel

Summary

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.

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