Ronin Logan.

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2017)

With her son having the same first name,I decided that I would get Logan on disc the day it came out for a friend. Talking to another pal a few days earlier,I got told that the previous Wolverine title was actually very good,which led to me joining Wolverine in Japan.
The plot:
Living a secluded life after the death of Jean Grey,Logan/Wolverine is pulled out of the wilderness by fellow mutant Yukio. Told by Ichirō (a major CEO) about how Logan saved in during the Nagasaki,Yukio gets Logan to come to Japan,in order for the dying Ichirō to give his regards. Expecting to be thanked,Logan is instead asked by Ichirō to give him his mutant powers,so that Ichirō can live forever. Turning it down,Wolverine discovers Ichirō's claws in the Yakuza.
View on the film:
Taking over after Gavin Hood's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, director James Mangold & cinematographer Ross Emery give Wolverine a new mutated shot of energy. Filming on the streets of Japan "gorilla" style, Mangold and Rmery give the fight scenes a frantic grit,as slick CGI is smoothly blended with criss-crossing gun battles and lively Kung-Fu. Clawing away at the Japanese underworld, Mangold paints the burning red comic book panels with fresh watercolour blues and neon yellows making Logan's bloody claw attacks pop.
Inspired by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's "Ronin" run of Logan comics,the screenplay by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank (with uncredited Christopher McQuarrie) wonderfully slice wandering anthology elements for a lean samurai tale that goes into what makes superhero Logan a tormented loner. Whilst ending with the traditional "big boss" comic-book final battle,the writers do take a different path to the fight with a corporate Thriller focus,which thrillingly unleashes Wolverine into the Yakuza underworld and Ichirō's complicated family life. Working with Mangold for the second of three times, Hugh Jackman gives an excellent performance as Wolverine,who is given a gravitas of a lone warrior by Jackman,which burns as the claws of the Wolverine appear.