Logan
written
and
directed
by
James
Mangold
is
the
third
and
final
instalment
of
the
solo
Wolverine
series.
This
apart
from
being
Hugh
Jackman's
last
outing
as
Wolverine
also
marks
the
end
of
Wolverine
as
a
character
in
Marvel
movies.
Therefore
do
not
expect
to
see
this
clawed
mutant
in
all
his
glory
as
he
has
been
projected
much
old
and
weary
with
problems
of
diminishing
superpower.
He
earns
his
living
as
a
driver
and
stays
drunk
all
the
time.
Professor
X,
on
the
other
hand,
is
in
his
late
90s,
suffering
from
physical
and
mental
health
and
stays
seated
all
the
time
trying
to
keep
his
uncontrolled
massive
psychic
powers
under
check.
There
comes
debutant
Laura
Kinney
or
X-23
played
by
Dafne
Keen,
an
11-year-old
girl,
with
mutant
superpower
much
alike
Wolverine.
But
things
get
messy
when
the
girl
is
being
chased
by
a
group
of
mercenaries
led
by
Donald
Pierce
(Boyd
Holbrook).
Logan
and
Professor
X
unwillingly
get
involved
in
the
trouble
and
then
the
trio
sets
on
a
dangerous
adventure
which
ultimately
forms
the
matrix
of
the
film.
Plenty
of
bloodshed
and
action
comes
naturally
with
Logan's
adamantium
claws,
but
what
shines
through
this
movie
is
the
emotional
bond
between
these
characters
which
makes
this
movie
quite
distinct
from
the
rest.
Logan
is
probably
the
best
Wolverine
movie
you
would
ever
see!
Not
just
because
the
film
showcases
one
of
the
most
compelling
performance
of
Hugh
Jackman
as
Wolverine
or
Patrick
Stewart's
return
as
Professor
X,
but
because
of
its
treatment
of
the
theme.
Logan
is
something
extraordinary
emerged
from
the
Marvel
brand.
The
theme
isn't
entirely
superhero
all
the
way,
it
has
subtle
hints
of
realism
along
with
a
blend
of
Western
Classics.
It
isn't
about
the
type
of
heroism
beyond
the
magnitude
of
the
subject.
This
Logan
is
quite
similar
to
Alan
Ladd's
1953
classic
Shane,
where
the
protagonist
indulges
into
the
trajectory
of
someone
else's
fight,
which
gradually
turns
out
to
be
ineluctably
personal.
This
films
also
echoes
in
the
voice
of
classics
like
the
Unforgiven
and
The
Shootist
in
a
way
it
draws
the
connection
between
a
superhero
and
a
legend.
The
character
of
Logan
played
by
Hugh
Jackman
has
been
projected
in
the
light
of
western
archetype.
He
is
similar
to
a
retired
celebrity
or
sportsperson,
someone
who
is
well-known
but
not
really
essential
or
wanted
in
the
societal
glamour.
He
is
a
loner,
which
he
had
always
been
but
more
human
this
time.
Logan's
plot
takes
its
protagonists
out
into
some
distant
time-frame
of
future
America,
where
a
young
mutant
girl
named
Laura
(Dafne
Keen)
surfaces
suggesting
a
resemblance
of
philosophies
with
another
hit
classic
Children
of
Men.
Mangold
has
been
brilliant
in
knitting
down
his
nerve-stiffening
composition
and
framing
for
this
film
as
the
actions
sequences
seem
much
organic,
fluid,
reasonable
and
realistic
unlike
any
other
super-hero
movies;
more
like
James
Cameron's
Terminator
2:
Judgement
Day.
Logan
is
certainly
the
rarest
gem
in
the
crown
of
superhero
movie
genre.
It
changes
the
way
we
are
accustomed
to
look
at
superhero
movies
and
also
it
sets
a
benchmark,
which
I
doubt
can
be
touched
by
any
other.