logan
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen
Rated: 6/10
Those who love Hugh Jackman, especially his character of Wolverine, are bound to shed a tear or two now that the series is over. Directed by James Mangold, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Frank and Michael Green, from a story by Mangold, the film follows logan, amuh older version (he is now old) taking a road trip into the future for one final mission.
It is year 2029 and the mutants are on the brink of extinction due to a virus. logan has aged because his healing abilities have begun to fade; he has become a junkie and the steel in his body is poisoning him. He works as a chauffeur and lives with mutant outcast Caliban in Mexico, where they care for a senile Charles Xavier. It is all very sad. Until the bad guys come and everything changes.
Some may say that logan could have been given a better send off, but then it would be difficult to top the first two in the series as has been the trend — the last is usually the worst. Still, Jackman needs to be lauded for his raw performance here since it fits perfectly with all the motional rollercoaster ride that this last installment takes one on.
The film tilts more towards being a Western rather than DC comic. So the Clint Eastwood act may not go down well with Eastwood fans. But now that Wolverine is no more, there is a sense of nostalgia and one may want to go and see this one.