10 Worst Fox Marvel Movies

With the exception of New Line Cinema's adaptation of Blade in 1998, films based on Marvel Comics hadn't ever really been taken seriously before 2000, and for good reason, as the few the world had ever gotten ranged somewhere in quality between 1986's disastrous Howard the Duck or direct-to-video dreck like 1989's The Punisher and 1990's Captain America.

It wasn't until 20th Century Fox took a chance on the original X-Men that the tide really turned, ushering in a comic book movie boom that has brought us to where we are today.

For the last two decades, Fox has been pumping out films based on Marvel properties every few years, though that era has now come to an end with Disney's acquisition of the historic studio. From the X-Men to the Fantastic Four to Daredevil, Fox tried to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of the modern comic book movie genre it helped create over the years, resulting in beloved successes like X2: X-Men United, X-Men: Days of Future Past, the Deadpool films, and Logan.

But throughout the studio's run, it also churned out quite a lot of duds, a few considered some of the worst superhero films ever made, others disliked simply for being subpar. With the era of Fox-produced Marvel movies behind us - barring the release of New Mutants, if it ever sees the light of day at this point - let's look back over the studio's legacy to sort out the 10 worst Marvel adaptations they released...

2013's The Wolverine isn't a terrible film by any stretch, but it's also not necessarily a great one. Upon its release, it had the unenviable task of luring audiences back who had been turned off by 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine while also carrying forward Wolverine's story following the events of X-Men: The Last Stand.

To its merit, The Wolverine really offered up something unique by sending its titular mutant to Japan, giving Hugh Jackman some good material to work with in dealing with his grief over the loss of Jean Grey and in the arrival of characters like Mariko and Yukio in his life. There's even some great action here, such as a battle atop a bullet train or a sequence where Logan is pierced by dozens of rope arrows fired by ninjas.

Unfortunately, there's also a lot that doesn't work, like the villainous Viper, whose campiness often feels out of place with the tone of the film, and a final act involving the Silver Samurai that ultimately feels lifeless simply because of how generic it is in comparison to an otherwise unique film. As part of the X-Men franchise, it's a decent entry whose biggest sin is being average, director James Mangold's warm-up for the far superior Logan.