Logan Review

This review contains no spoilers only basic plot elements.

Logan is without a doubt the best Marvel movie that Marvel didn’t technically make. There are so many things they got right about Logan that I just don’t know where to begin.

Hugh Jackman really did the character Logan justice this time around. It’s by far the best he’s played the role to date and he looked as thou he really had fun with it. I personally hated the first two Wolverine movies, but the franchise really went for it with this one and the bloody R rating finally let’s the beast free. He’s off the leash and ready to tear sh*t up!

In the beginning of the movie, Logan is lost. He’s knocking bottles of shots back just like a freshman would at a senior party. He lacks a sense of purpose and motivation in life. He’s aged considerably and his wounds don’t heal as well as they used to. Patrick Stewart also features and produces one of his best performance of the franchise with this role on Professor Xavier being unlike anything we’ve ever seen him do before with the character. He’s constantly having to take pills because his mind is losing strength and his powers, like Logan’s, are deteriorating.

The superheroes we’ve known and loved for years are ageing, and quite frankly, are not what they used to be. The plot thickens as a mysterious 12 year old girl is in serious trouble, and the people responsible for making Wolverine the creature he is today are on the way hunting her down. The heroes and villains must now go on an epic cat and mouse chase. Logan knows all too well what happened to him when he escaped from the facility, so naturally there is already a connection with the young girl as their race for survival begins.

This movie has come full circle and it doesn’t step a foot out of line! There’s not one thing I’d do differently, and they really have saved the best for last. Logan doesn’t even feel like a Marvel movie of any kind The film has an air of a grind-house type western to it. We know the chemistry is great between Stewart and Jackman, but Jackman and the young girl (played by Dafne Keen) are fantastic and they really bounce off one another in every scene. This girl is seriously bad ass. She packs a ferocious punch and even steals some scenes away from Jackman! She pulls at his heartstrings as Wolverine gets his shot at redemption. It’s a flawless finish to a sloppy Wolverine trilogy. Trust me though; you’ll forget the previous films exist after watching Logan. It is nothing short of movie perfection in execution and delivery.

Finally (thanks to Deadpool), R-rated comic book movies are a thing, and Logan rightfully earns it’s solid R-rating. I mean, Logan really went to town, and the press were clapping and cheering for him. The press rarely does that! Wolverine has always been like drinking a drink that’s watered down. That’s kind of how we’ve always had Wolverine: a toned down, half-assed superhero that has been restricted by age ratings. But in Logan, he’s now a total beast, and he gets to splatter blood and innards all over the landscape. I’ve never seen this perfect balance of adrenaline pinching hard-R insane action with such an amazing story within a Marvel character. It nails the rush of an action scene so fast that it feels like a 90 minute movie at 137 minutes. It was honestly the first Marvel movie to give me the feels.

Everything Logan sets out to do it achieves it and more. I feel like its level is so good that in 10 years when Hollywood is literally releasing only comic books movies this one will still stand out from the pack. It will be remembered!

 To the parents on the fence about taking their 12 or 13 year old: the language and gore is bad. I really wouldn’t advise taking your kids. Leave them at home with a babysitter and go have yourselves a good night.

Seeing this movie in IMAX made all the difference. Instead of the 3D glasses I was treated to my first ever 2D IMAX experience and wow.. what an out-standing movie on one of the best screens in the country.