A superhero's Western journey

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2017)

Logan is what all good Superhero movies are trying to be: a compelling story about the struggles of superpowered characters and the world set against them. Too often I feel that Superheros cruise through their movies with little challenge, swatting away henchmen then finishing the big bad guy at the end. The end. Well, Logan tries to solve that problem by making the violence impactful on the victims and the superpowered characters. Impactful isn't strong enough of a word, haha; injuries are reacted to, people are reluctant, there are deep flesh wounds, there is regret, and limbs will go flying. Without spoiling anything, deaths in the movie will be reacted to and mean something!
As for the acting. Hugh Jackman is good at what you expect, an angry warrior, while Patrick Stewart steals every scene he is in as a senile psychic. I don't particularly believe any children's performances, although none were bad.
Logan is not perfect, it is still a predictable superhero movie, but it is a really solid movie about one character's journey - a demi- god character immune to all the violence he dishes out, mostly.