Logan Film Review

Rating: 8/10 (2 March 2017)

The new film Logan which is the latest in the X-Men films franchise starring Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart. In Logan Hugh Jackman claws his way back onto the big screen in his third – and potentially final – Wolverine adventure. In the not-too-distant future, the ageing Logan/Wolverine (Australian actor Hugh Jackman - Swordfish, Prisoners) is eking out a meagre existence in the Mexico desert beside the Mexican and US border whilst caring for the elderly Charles Xavier (English actor Patrick Stewart - TV Series Star Trek: The Next Generation that ran from 1987 - 1994 not the one from the 1960's which starred William Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy which ran from 1966 - 1969, Conspiracy Theory). However he then comes across mysterious young girl Laura Kinney/X-23 (Dafnee Keen), who possesses astonishing and dangerous powers. But Logan and Xavier must protect the child from the deadly Donald Pierce (American actor Boyd Holbrook - The Reunion, Run All Night), leader of the marauding cyborgs known as the Reavers. Inspired by the enormously popular 'Old Man Logan' serial by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven, this gripping new Wolverine movie sees Hugh Jackman imbue his signature character with notes of melancholy and more than a few grey hairs. Meanwhile returning director James Mangold (The Wolverine) promises to amp up the violent action to unprecedented levels. Amongst the other actors / actresses in Logan include English actor Stephen Merchant (Hot Fuzz, I Give It A Year) as Caliban who looks a lot like the character Nicholas Hoult played in Mad Max: Fury Road and the character with the pale white face and baldy head from the Harry Potter films, American actress Elizabeth Rodriguez (The Drop, Blow) as Gabriela, South African actor Richard E. Grant (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hudson Hawk) as Dr. Rice, American actor Eriq La Salle and I should point out that La Salle is French for room (US TV Series ER, One Hour Photo) as Will Munson, American actress Elise Neal (Scream 2, Mission To Mars) as Kathryn Munson Will's wife, Quincy Fouse (US TV Series The Goldbergs) as Nate Munson Will and Kathryn's son, Reynaldo Gallegos (Bad Boys 2, Rambo) as Rey which is Spanish for king, Polish mixed martial arts fighter, actor, stuntman, DJ and creator of the KSOS Conditioning System Krzysztof Soszynski (Here Comes The Boom, Tapped Out) as Mohawk, Australian actor Stephen Dunlevy (Mad Max: Fury Road) as Macon, Swiss actor Daniel Bernhardt (The Matrix Reloaded, John Wick) as Bone Breaker, Hannah Westerfield as Rebecca, Bryant Tardy as Bobby, Ashlyn Casalegno as Charlotte, Alison Fernandez (US TV Series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Orange Is The New Black) as Delilah, Parker Lovein as Lizard Boy, Lennie Loftin (Daredevil the 2003 film, 3:10 To Yuma 2007) as Jackson and Venezuelan actress Doris Morgado (2 Guns, I Am Wrath) as Maria. Filming locations in Logan include places like US States like Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, California and the US / Mexican border. Overall Logan is a good film filled with action, lots of gory bloody violence, swearing, fast paced and on the edge of your seat stuff, stunning effects, car chases, deserts, sunshine, heavy rain, casinos. bright lights, tongue and cheek stuff, sad moments, crazy moments, thrills and spills, some OMG moments and many other things throughout the film. So I will give Logan an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars and I will say Logan is worth seeing if you like the X-Men films, the Wolverine films, Mad Max: Fury Road, Blood Father, The Reunion, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Desperado amongst others. So if you get the chance to see Logan in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.