Certainly the best X-Men film out there

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2017)

LOGAN is a fitting follow-up to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine series, directed by the returning James Mangold with a difference: this isn't your usual 12-rated superhero film but rather a gritty, adult movie full of profanity and bloodshed. Finally we get to see what Jackman's claws can properly do, and the film's regular violent action sequences are pure spectacle. The story is set decades in the future and sees an old-man Wolverine going on a road trip with a senile Charles Xavier and a mysterious young girl in tow.
It's a dark story indeed, one that climaxes in a fitting way, and it's entirely refreshing to have adult content for a change. The film's biggest problem is that it goes on about half an hour too long and slows down in between the action, but it's not enough to spoil a fine viewing experience. The action is lavish and large scale, and the good cast features stand-out turns from Stephen Merchant and Richard E. Grant. The FX are up to the job, as is Jackman, who delivers a complex performance of great depth, one of the best of his entire career.