[TinyRedLeaf]

I enjoyed the movie overall. Then I made the mistake of trying to make sense of the story.

Spoiler for plot questions among many others I haven't begun to articulate:

1) Why did old man Yashida set up the whole ruse of transferring power to Mariko when he was planning to become effectively immortal?

2) What was Mariko's role anyway? How was she supposed to be part of Yashida's plans? There was some vague reference to her greater biological compatibility with Yashida that never amounted to anything much.

3) All that fuss to extract Logan's marrow... Wouldn't it have been easier for the Viper to simply drug him and get on with the plan in the first place? Why bother even weakening him, letting him run loose for a while, before luring him to the hyper-secret base in the mountains?

Other than the above, the amusing thing for me is that Rila Fukushima (Yukio) and Tao Okamoto (Mariko) physically resemble a couple of colleagues. Well, maybe not so amusing, since I'm trying to manage a huge crush on the latter colleague who resembles Tao.