A fantastic dark real take on wolverine

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2017)

For years we have seen Hugh Jackman play the character of Wolverine, and I have now seen possibly his final performance as the character in Logan and I loved it. The premise sees an older more damaged Logan taking care of an ill Charles Xavier, when they encounter a new young mutant who they must protect from dark forces. Hugh Jackman reprises his iconic role as Logan and I think this may be his best ever, he is clearly a more aged, impatient version of the character and you totally buy his more pessimistic viewpoint on life at the beginning of the film. I love his character growth throughout the film and you buy the emotion he conveys from this truly emotional gut wrenching performance that is award worthy. Patrick Stewart plays Xavier again in this film and he is brilliant in this much different damaged performance. We are used to seeing Stewart as the confident wise teacher but in this film he is ill, damaged and broken and it is such an interesting take on the character that Stewart nails out of the park. Dafne keen plays Laura the young girl in this film and she is great in this film especially considering it is her first ever role. Her, Jackman and Stewarts chemistry is fantastic in this film and I really did buy their little dysfunctional family that slowly grows. Plus she is absolutely great in the action scenes along with Jackman. Boyd Holbrook plays the villain in this film and he was pretty good in this film, he was menacing when he wanted to be and cocky when he wanted to be. I also thought Stephen merchant did a pretty good job as Caliban even though he isn't in this film that much. The story of this film is a very simple escort mission to get laura to safety and it really works, the emotion between the characters carries this story and really makes you care about them and the situation that they are put into. The script has some great dramatic dialogue that does sell the dire straights that these characters are in as they try to survive in the world. There is very little humour in the film but what is there did make me chuckle a bit and in a real way. The style of the film is very dark and despondent which really works for the situation that the characters are in and the awesome gritty bloody violence that has been needed in a wolverine film forever. However, my one negative for this film is that it is a little too long and I feel like there are some real pacing issues that make this film feel even longer then it actually is. Overall though I loved this film and I urge anybody who is a fan of wolverine or just good movies that you have to see this film.