8 Reasons Wolverine 3 Should Be Rated R

A series about a guy who butchers people with his knife-hands? Sure sounds kid friendly...

by Danny Meegan

Despite the collective tears of the movie-going community, Hugh Jackman's stint as the Wolverine will soon be coming to an end. By that point, it'll be a whopping 17 years that the guy has been playing everyone's favourite blade-wielding maniac, and it'll truly be a shame to see him hang up the claws. And yet, it all feels like it's just beginning. Recent rumors all point to a blood-drenched final solo outing for the character, and that's extremely exciting. Wolverine has been a great part of the X-Men saga thus far, but his action scenes can feel a little... tame. This guy is ripping people to shreds with his claws, and yet there's not a drop of blood?! Fortunately, this third Wolverine adventure is all but confirmed to be rated R - or 15, for us Brits. The recent mega success of Deadpool proved there's an appetite for adult superheroes, and Wolverine is a character that could comfortably fit a more mature framework. While his previous movies have done just fine with a kid-friendly rating, there are many reasons why an R rating can work for his third outing...

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!