Rating of
3/4
"Logan" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 02/02/20
It’s 2029. The mutants are gone. Logan and Charles Xavier are living in hiding in Mexico, struggling to survive while their powers become increasingly unreliable and dangerous.
Logan is a different kind of superhero movie to the type we have become accustomed to; there are no epic space battles, no teams of brashly coloured men and women in tights flying around shooting lightning bolts or tossing cars around like they are toys while making quips; for the most part, it’s a battered and bruised old man desperately fighting for his life. The “R” rating means that finally the Wolverine character can be portrayed as was meant to be which means darkness, cynicism and bloody, brutal violence. Rather than an operatic spectacle the story concentrates upon the characters as Logan must confront – quite literally – the man he used to be and find redemption in the form of Laura Kinney played convincingly by young Dafne Keen. Patrick Stewart also has fun playing the cantankerous old duffer who is a shadow of his former self, debilitated by extreme old age and despair at the state of the world. That’s not to say that there is no action; the violence is nicely choreographed but with a visceral realism missing from most Marvel films that reminded me of Mad Max in particular.
True to its origins and thoughtful and intelligent in its approach, Logan is a great departure from an increasingly generic and formulaic MCU…and is all the better for it.
