The Logan Movie Wolverine Deserves

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2017)

Wolverine has always been a fan favourite. You don't get three solo movies if you're not. But despite his hallowed status—and despite Hugh Jackman's dedication to the character—Wolvy always felt like the sole grown-up stuck on Xavier's Island of Misfit Heroes. He's a lone wolf, not a wide-eyed mutant struggling with outsider status. As Old Man Logan in Logan, he finally gets to be the salty dog everyone always suspected he was.
Of course, just because Logan shows Wolverine in all his grizzled glory doesn't mean he stays free of other mutants' drama. This time, it's daddy issues. By 2029, Logan has sequestered himself away in Mexico, driving a limo to make money while taking care of an ailing, seizure-prone Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart). He'd happily stay off the grid forever (he's saving up for a boat), but soon a young girl named Laura (Dafne Keen) shows up wielding some very familiar- looking adamantium claws. She, along with scores of other children, were created by a nefarious research firm to be child soldiers. They escaped, and are heading to Canada to seek—but Laura got separated from her brood and is being tracked by the doctor who made her. She needs Logan's help.
This being a Wolverine movie, our hero initially wants no part of it. He's out of the X-game, and sees no obligation to assist. Then he sees that Laura's medical files have his name, "James Howlett," emblazoned on them. Predictably, his cold, dead heart grows 10 times. Logan, Professor X, and their new charge road trip north (in this version of 2029, President Trump apparently never followed through with that whole wall thing), leaving a trail of carnage behind them.