How did James Howlett become the metal-clawed Wolverine? That's the question answered in this look at the early days of the future X-Man. The film chronicles his early life, including a troubled family life, a tragic romance, his involvement with the Weapon X programme that gave him his metal skeleton and a relationship with Victor Creed, which would turn from brotherly affection to fierce rivalry as the latter took on the villainous identity of Sabretooth.