Logan is the most important superhero film of all time

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2017)

Minor spoilers ahead.
Logan may very well be the most important Superhero film of all time because it touches on social issues that we are facing today in the real world. One of the things I thought that added to its real world gravitas was the "Donald Trump Wall," The film's near future setting isn't quite post-apocalyptic, but it teeters on the edge of it. The film made me wonder if such a border patrol wall would one day be used to not only to block illegal immigrants from entering the country, but perhaps, even the disabled, or others, because in the case of this film, it was also used to keep mutants out.
The year is 2029. Mutants are all but extinct, and a mutant hasn't been born in 15 years. Frank Logan (Wolverine) and another vampire-like mutant named Caliban care for an ailing Professor Xavier, who is on the brink of developing dementia. Patrick Stewart played his best portrayal of Professor X to date. He was brilliant in this film, teetering on the brink of madness, and also plagued by seizures that happen whenever he uses his telepathic ability. Because of this, Professor X is heavily medicated so that he no longer can use his special ability, and medicated without Xavier's behest. "You're putting me to sleep!" Xavier tells Logan whenever he stuffs pills into his mouth. This made me wonder if many of today's gifted people are misdiagnosed as crazy and put on medication just because they are unique, different, depressed and alienated.
The plot is rather simple. Wolverine is tasked with escorting a young girl across the country so that she can reach a haven for mutant kind, where she will be safe from a coven of trans-humanists. Wolverine refuses at first, but when he realizes that this young girl is his clone, and just like him, he dedicates his life to keep her safe from Transigent, a scientific corporation looking to genetically modify humans into weapons, just like Wolverine, except, unlike naturally born mutants, Transigent wants to engineer them without a conscience, and without a soul.
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was nothing short of perfection. Oscar worthy in every sense. The best performance of a pulp fiction character on the big screen;--ever, period. If another actor other than Heath Ledger is ever going to win an Oscar for a portrayal of a comic book character, it will be him! My one gripe about this film was the brutal violence because it bordered on being gratuitous, and there was one small plot hole in this movie that sort of irked me. I was hoping for a happier ending too, because this movie depressed the hell out of me. Logan is a tragedy. And surprisingly, it borrowed a lot from the classic Univeral film, The Wolfman. The final scene in this movie was one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen. It touched me on a personal level and I can't remember the last time I got teary during a comic book movie.
9/10