Original. This film will not disappoint.

Rating: 7/10 (1 April 2017)

I am not an X man but I have seen a few, enough to understand the back story and that's all you will need. Logan is a movie-story so expertly told I was slowly but surely carried away with a fully loaded cinematic treat for the heart and mind.
Like all good stories Logan needs some context, so take your patience with you to the cinema it's well over 2 hours and not all action. There are twists of the unexpected and the tragic. But mostly you'll root for the good man that is Logan and all that he can do.
A child Wolverine, who'd of thought, not me! Violence abounds against an unending army of armed agents with bad intent. Professor X puts in a crucial and unselfish supporting performance. He is central to my favourite scene. The hotel seizure, it's what happens when an old man of awesome power loses control of his own sensibility. He holds the entire hotel in a telepathic grip of fear when the bad guys corner them in a hotel room. Fantastic and original. I loved it.
I was a little disappointed that the albino Stephen Merchant character blew himself up for what I can only assume was frustration that his character was not able to have more impact on the movie....boom! Up to that point he was promising and quirky but literally a vehicle for the first half of the film.
There is no question that Hugh Jackman carried this film, he did it well and with willing and able support from the cast and crew I suspect. I highly recommend it today, but wonder if it will stand the test of time and present as well in 10 or 20 years. Perhaps not a classic, but certainly a cracker.
The Good, the story, the performance, the originality The Bad, slightly over the top violence? The Ugly, that beard that beard