Dark, Bleak Action-Packed and emotional, Logan has it all.

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2017)

When it was announced that Fox would be making another solo 'Wolverine' movie, I was excited. Then rumours began piling up that it would be based off the popular 'Old Man Logan', the comic community, (myself included) got even more excited. Then the first trailer dropped, and somehow we got even more excited. However, it was now I realized the movie was doomed to disappoint us. We had so much hype built up (by us, not Fox surprisingly) that there was no possible way Logan could ever reach the bar we had set.
Well, it didn't reach the bar.
It ran by the bar, grabbed it, and pulled the bar (and us) to levels we didn't think it could reach. All while being one of the best superhero movies ever, and not often using superhero powers in the movie (more on that later).
Logan follows, well, Logan (duh) at least twenty years after the events of X-Men III The Last Stand and the mutants are mostly wiped out. Logan has grown more bitter and old and is forced to live in the middle of Mexico with Professor Xaiver and a newcomer, Caliban. Eventually he finds that a group has been experimenting with mutants and have a clone of him, Laura (or X-23) now, he finds himself on the road with Laura and the Professor in an attempt to get Laura to her friends so they can be safe. The only problem are the people who want them dead, and that Logan's healing factor is weakening.
The movie Has a very simple yet interesting plot, The movie works because of the character dynamic. Logan is forced to face the fact that Laura is technically his daughter and that his family is gone. Professor Xaiver is slowly dying, both of old age and his powers becoming more and more unstable.
However, while the plot is simple, there is one scene which really doesn't work. In the original 'Old Man Logan' comic, the X-Men are gone because Logan was tricked into killing everyone. It's a horrific and tragic scene, one which no reader will ever forget. In the movie, it's implied that Charles lost control and caused a telepathic shock wave which killed 98% of all mutants around the world. It's sad, but not nearly as powerful as the scene in 'Old Man Logan'.
While that scene does slightly annoy me, the rest of the movie is nearly perfect. The character arcs are amazing, the plots are truly realistic and intense, and when the more emotional moments hit you and hit you hard. When Charles dies, it's a sad scene, but at the end of the movie when Logan dies, you can't not feel emotionally devastated. Not old because Logan dies to save Laura, but because it's also the end of an era (Hugh Jackman's Wolverine roles). The action scenes which are frequent throughout the film are top-notch and awesome to watch, if not a bit brutal, but the writers knew when to have action and when to have calm. Wolverine's "Berserker Rage" may be the greatest scene in the entire X-Men franchise.
All the actors in this movie are either returning actors to the franchise or newcomers. But either way, there is not a single bad actor in the entire movie. The special effects are some of the most realistic and well made I've seen in years. I'm also happy that not all movies are going wit the horrible CGI blood route.
Overall, Logan may not only be the best X-Men movie to date, but possibly the best superhero movie to date. It stands tall against movies such as Captain America The Winter Solider, or The Dark Knight and succeeds in it's mission despite being potentially hindered by the 'R' rating it has, which not only does it earn, but actually feels like it benefited from having an 'R' rating. If you for some reason haven't seen Logan yet, make sure it's on the top of your list.