X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 superhero action film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine. As the fourth installment in the X-Men series, the movie explores Wolverine's early life, his complex relationship with his half-brother Victor Creed (Sabretooth, played by Liev Schreiber), his time with Major William Stryker's Team X, and the Weapon X program that coats his skeleton in indestructible adamantium