X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20^TH Century Fox, 107 minutes, PG-13), although nowhere near a perfect movie, is filled with enough creative highlights to help one forget the disappointing 2006 entry, X-Men: The Last Stand.  Unlike the previous X-Men entries, Wolverine/Logan (Hugh Jackman) takes center stage, as viewers are clued into his tragic childhood and why he grew into the most rebellious member of The X-Men.  Liev Schreiber is Victor Creed, Logan’s amoral big brother who would later be known as Sabretooth,  Haunted by their past, the pair’s taste for killing enables them to excel in fight different wars, and when Major Stryker (Danny Huston) seeks them out, they are game for even more bloodletting.  Under Stryker’s command, they become part of a crew of mutants who follow their own rules.  When Logan quits the crew, he finds a job as a lumberjack in Canada and marries Kayla (Lynn Collins), hoping for a life sans killing.  Victor goes the opposite route, and he even kills Kayla to get a rise out of  his baby brother.  The tragedy scars Logan, and he goes on a desperate hunt to find his sibling, even agreeing to collaborate with Stryker in the process.  Directed by Tsotsi and Rendition filmmaker Gavin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is best when dealing with Logan and Victor’s mutual hatred for each other, and it’s exciting to see such characters as Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), Blob (Kevin Durand) and Gambit (Taylor Kitsch) finally get their chance to shine in the Marvel film universe.   Unfortunately the film is rated PG-13, and while the move may have been to draw a wider audience, X-Men Origins: Wolverine can’t hold a candle to such R-rated fare as The Dark Knight or Watchmen.  Wolverine is a killing machine who tries his best to live a normal life, only to succumb to his baser instincts once revenge enters the picture.  Such a story warranted a more explicit rating, and what’s left is a movie that barely scratches below the surface thematically.  However, the picture is immensely watchable, and a sequel to Origins as well as a separate Deadpool project are in the works.  Special Features:  The Blu-ray contains an engaging conversation between Marvel Comics (and former X-Men writer) legend Stan Lee and Wolverine creator Len Wein, as well as several deleted scenes (with optional commentary from Hood).  One deleted scene features Wolverine agreeing to lose his memory after hearing a rather life altering bit of news, and another sequence has Logan sitting at a Japanese bar (the scene serves as a precursor to the next Wolverine movie, which will be set in Japan).  The disc also comes with audio commentary from Hood, as well as a separate commentary track from the flick’s three producers (Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter).   Tons of characters were introduced in the film,  and the “Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins” featurette gives diehard fans a closer look at what makes these mutants tick.  MOVIE GRADE:  B-.  EXTRAS: A