Logan Review

Rating: 9/10 (21 March 2017)

Anybody who knows me personally knows I have tattoos. Two sets of the tattoos are on my forearms. Technically they are six different tattoos, but they are one design. The tattoos are Wolverine's claws. Now, I am a fan of Batman, but when it comes to two other comic book characters, there is no contest with me. Wolverine is a close second behind the Punisher in my eyes. And they picked the perfect storyline for this movie.
Synopsis: In 2029 the mutant population has shrunk significantly and the X-Men have disbanded. Logan, whose power to self-heal is dwindling, has surrendered himself to alcohol and now earns a living as a chauffeur. He takes care of the ailing old Professor X whom he keeps hidden away. One day, a female stranger asks Logan to drive a girl named Laura to the Canadian border. At first he refuses, but the Professor has been waiting for a long time for her to appear. Laura possesses an extraordinary fighting prowess and is in many ways like Wolverine. She is pursued by sinister figures working for a powerful corporation; this is because her DNA contains the secret that connects her to Logan. A relentless pursuit begins - In this third cinematic outing featuring the Marvel comic book character Wolverine we see the superheroes beset by everyday problems. They are ageing, ailing and struggling to survive financially. A decrepit Logan is forced to ask himself if he can or even wants to put his remaining... Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen Director: James Mangold
In truth, there is only two reason I did not give this movie a perfect ten. The first has nothing to do with the movie itself, just some characters in it. They teased the Reavers at the end of the last X- Men movie but didn't go too far into it. I've always loved the idea of robotically enhanced people going up against the supers of the Marvelverse. Too bad they weren't able to add in the fact that Tony pretty much created their cybernetics.
The other thing that hurt the movie a bit was the fact they made the X-23 project a major project instead a single clone of Logan. They sort of did that with Origins, but it wasn't as bad here because of what happened at the end of the movie. And that is the reason I can forgive why they did it.
Everything else was just masterful. The acting. Making the locations look like they were traveling across the entire country. The blend of action and comedy and drama. The subtle Easter eggs in the movie. I caught a lot of them, but I don't thing I caught them. The way this movie set up the events for the future X-Men movies. Oh yeah, some may say that it didn't set anything up, but it is there. Just wait and see.
There are some people out there who are going to say there wasn't enough action in this movie compared the other X-Men movies. You know what I have to say about that? Go read the Old Man Logan comic and tell me if there was enough action or not. Granted, they couldn't follow the comic to a T, but they got it close enough. Maybe if Fox wasn't being such pricks when it comes to their biggest cash cow we would have been able to see the likes of Hulk, Red Skull, Dr. Doom, and Caliban (played brilliantly by Stephen Merchant) would have been replaced by Hawkeye. But we got what we got and I am not going to complain.
On the spectrum of the movies, I would put Logan as the second best out of the ten. Deadpool is included in that number.
Final Thoughts: Hugh Jackman has said the only way he would come back as Wolverine is if he is in an Avenger movie. I'm inclined to believe him on that account. He has run his course with the X-Men movies and this was his swan song. They can easily reintroduce Wolverine at a later time in the new version of the X-Men verse they are creating.
Rating: 9 out of 10