Movie Review - Logan

So after 17 years of being everyone's favourite gritty mutant, it has all come down to this. Hugh Jackman in my opinion is a fantastic actor. He's done all sorts of roles from being on stage in Broadway and the West End to going into the film world where he's been a mechanic, a prisoner who stole a loaf of bread and of course, the iconic Marvel character that is Wolverine. So this being his final X-Men film will no doubt mean that this has to be good. He is one of the best things about the series thus far and its going to be tough for anyone do a great job of the character like him. So let's grab our claws one last time as we delve into Logan:

Its the year 2029 and most of mutantkind has been extinct due to an event that involved one Charles Xavier (reprised by Patrick Stewart for the final time) who due to his age, has now got brain disease making him a very dangerous threat to the world. Meanwhile, Logan (reprised by Jackman for the final time) has aged greatly himself with his healing factor slowly deteriorating and starts the job of being a limousine driver for the public. He along with a tracker mutant called Caliban (played by Stephen Merchant, best buddy of Ricky Gervais) choose to care for Xavier while hiding their mutant abilities away from the general public. But when a mysterious girl appears and seems to have similar mutant abilities to Logan, he along with Xavier (while Caliban gets captured) travel with her to find a place where their kind will be safe. But this trip will no doubt test Logan to the best of his abilities and he may not come out of it alive.

Of all the X-Men films I've seen, this is by far, the first one that feels very real and believable despite its dystopian futuristic setting. Its also a very serious film too and I'm glad it got a mature rating because it would work well for a character like Logan given how this film played out. But in all the seriousness that this film has, it has a bit of humor here and there, but not too much to take away from the plot of the film. Everyone plays their parts well and I give praise to the performances of Jackman and Stewart who are playing their iconic roles for the last time and the way they leave it isn't quite what you would expect, but its done in such a way that its done in a very respectable way to both the actors and the characters they both play. Is it the best Wolverine film? For a mostly solo film, it definitely is. But as for the best one in the whole X-Men series, its definitely up there as one of the best. That I can say for sure. Regardless of what happens for the future of the series, its going to be a hard film to top, but kudos to Fox for giving another mature rating to an X-Men film following their success with Deadpool. 9/10