We bid farwell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2017)

I'm still coming to terms with the fact that the curtains have drawn on Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. We loved him as he sliced his way onto the big screen with X-Men (2000). We all loved him in many of the X-Men movies throughout the past 17 years, no matter how good or bad the movie was. Truth be told, I lost interest in the X-Men series following the disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). I hadn't seen any of the movies since until I decided to give Logan a chance while on a long distance flight back home.
Logan departs from the usual entertaining fanfare and draws us into a bleak, depressing and violent 2029 in where Logan (Hugh Jackman) is a far cry from his days as the agile warrior Wolverine. His abilities to rapidly heal has weakened, he is broken and vulnerable, he has aged, he is now an alcoholic, and he spends his days as a limo driver to make a living. Along with albino mutant Caliban (Stephen Merchant), Logan is also caring for the critically ill Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) who is relying on medication to keep his destructive seizures under control. Logan finds himself being a reluctant protector to Laura (Dafne Keen), a child that has been created as a mutant superweapon by biotechnology corporation Alkali-Transigen. Laura is pursued by head of security Donald Pierce (Boyd Holbrook) who wants to retrieve the child at all costs. Logan finds himself being drawn back to his old life that he left behind as he finds himself fighting for his life albeit with his diminished superpowers.
Hugh Jackman has had a magnificent run as his most memorable character Wolverine. Logan was the perfect movie for his character to end on a high note.
Unlike all of the movies in the X-Men series, Logan is DEFINITELY not for younger audiences. It's brutally violent, it's intense, it's very emotional, and there is frequent use of the f-word. You also feel that the characters, particularly Logan/Wolverine and Charles Xavier/Professor X, are no longer the heroes they were and are more vulnerable and weakened in a bleak and dystopian world.
James Mangold did a terrific job as a director. This is one of his most memorable movies that he has done.
Logan was an excellent movie, and also renewed my faith in the X-Men series. I'm sad to bid farewell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. But should there be another movie in the X-Men series which brings back Wolverine, I'm sure the next actor will do well donning the superclaws.
8/10.