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X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

By | May 2009

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” has some serious problems. The biggest is that, aside from the dark and mysterious past, the character of Wolverine isn’t all that interesting.

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X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

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