Too Self-Serious for a Wacky Comic Book Plot

Rating: 4/10 (14 August 2017)

Fiercely hyped from the get-go, Logan carries with it a mature tone and the knowledge that it is The Last Wolverine Movie. Everyone is rough and ragged and tired. Unfortunately the mature tone of most of the film is diluted with the kind of comic book silliness seen in the other X-Men films (i.e. clones, evil scientists), so it's hard to accept scenes of beloved characters feeling intense emotions when they are immediately followed by adolescent ultraviolence in a campy situation. It's an okay flick, but its general acceptance by fans as a great movie shows that the bar isn't set high enough.