Good and bloody

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2017)

Wolverine can regenerate, but even he has limits. It is unclear what those limits are. Can you kill him but cutting his head off or dropping a tactile nuke on his tushie? Regardless, he looks sick in Logan, and so does Professor X. Neither seem like they will last past the first hour, but through some magic injections and pills, they almost get to the finish line.
Logan is bloody and hyper-violent. I couldn't keep track of how many skulls were stabbed clean through with adamantium claws. Hearing Patrick Stewart drop f-bombs will never grow old. He swears with a certain indignant dignity, making me wish Star Trek: The Next Generation had been made for HBO.
The mood is somber. Are we all racing against death? Nothing lasts forever, not even candles in the cold November rain.
Young Dafne Keen flies around like a wicked Yoda and makes a better feminist statement than Charlize Theron from Mad Max: Fury Road. For a superhero movie, most of it coheres and makes sense, but then I have two bones to pick.
First, an ailing Logan with his magic injection juice is right up there with Popeye and his spinach. Boo, and hiss.
Second, the mutants are chased by a rabid force from an evil corporation. All the mutants need to do is step over into Canada, and all will be well. Wow, what a clever current political statement. In reality, it seems like the evil corporation would find away into Canada, unless, of course, there's a wall.
Also, Professor X deserved a more dignified exit. Then again, don't we all?