In der Welt des Jahres 2029 sind Mutanten Geschichte, beinahe jedenfalls: Der gealterte Logan alias Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) ist einer der wenigen verbleibenden. Action: Wolverine is known for his rage and healing factor, leaving him pretty much immune from attacks by anyone. This calls for great action, as Logan sprints through the battlefield he slices and dices his enemies like ham on a chopping board. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world, and his legacy, are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces. 2017| Films I wanna see. • English • Japanese Budget $120 million Box office $414.8 million The Wolverine is a 2013 featuring the character. The film, distributed by, is the sixth installment in the. Reprises his role from previous films as the title character, with directing a written by and, based on the 1982 by and. In the film, which follows the events of, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages an old acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting consequences. Stripped of his, Wolverine must battle deadly samurai while struggling with guilt over 's death. The film's development began in 2009 after the release of. Was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010, was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and the in March 2011. In June 2011, Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky. Bomback was then hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 with beginning at the end of the month around before moving to in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012. The film was converted to in post-production. The Wolverine was released on July 24, 2013, in various international markets, and on July 26, 2013, in the United States. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics and earned US$414.8 million worldwide, nearly 3.5 times its production budget of $120 million, making it the fifth highest-grossing film in the series. A third Wolverine film, titled, was released on March 3, 2017. 'There are so many areas of that Japanese story, I love the idea of this kind of anarchic character, the outsider, being in this world - I can see it aesthetically, too - full of honor and tradition and customs and someone who’s really anti-all of that, and trying to negotiate his way. The idea of the samurai, too - and the tradition there. It’s really great. In the comic book he gets his ass kicked by a couple of samurai - not even mutants. He’s shocked by that at first.' —Hugh Jackman In September 2007,, director of, speculated that there would be a, which would be set in Japan. During one of the post-credits scenes Logan is seen drinking at a bar in Japan. Such a location was the subject of and 's, which was not in the first film as Jackman felt 'what we need to do is establish who [Logan] is and find out how he became Wolverine'. Jackman stated the Claremont-Miller series is his favorite Wolverine story. Of the Japanese arc, Jackman also stated, 'I won’t lie to you, I have been talking to writers. I’m a big fan of the Japanese saga in the comic book.' Before X-Men Origins: Wolverine 's release, approached to write the script, but he did not feel confident enough to commit. By May 4, 2009, Jackman's company was preparing several projects, including a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine to be set in Japan, but neither Jackman nor Seed has a production credit on the completed 2013 sequel. On May 5, 2009, just days after the opening weekend of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the sequel was officially confirmed., who went uncredited for his work on, was hired to write the screenplay for the Wolverine sequel in August 2009. According to Shuler-Donner, the sequel would focus on the relationship between Wolverine and, the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. Wolverine would have a different fighting style due to Mariko's father having 'this stick-like weapon. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts - mano-a-mano, extreme fighting.' She continued: 'We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles.' In January 2010, at the, Jackman stated that the film would start shooting sometime in 2011, and in March 2010 McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year. Sources indicated was in negotiations to direct the film after turned down the offer. Pre-production [ ]. 'If you have a hero who can't be hurt, there's only one way to create stakes or jeopardy, and that's to put people he cares about in harm's way. And, not unlike the amnesia thing, that can get tired really fast. I think there's so much to mine in Logan without robbing him of self-knowledge. What I wanted to present to the audience was, what is it like to feel a prisoner in a life you cannot escape? You accumulate pain and loss, and keep that with you as you keep on going.' —James Mangold In October 2010, Jackman confirmed that Aronofsky would direct the film. Jackman commented that with Aronofsky directing, Wolverine 2 will not be 'usual' stating, 'This is, hopefully for me, going to be out of the box. It's going to be the best one, I hope. Well, I would say that, but I really do feel that, and I feel this is going to be very different. This is Wolverine. He's kind of dark. But, you know, this is a change of pace. Chris McQuarrie, who wrote, has written the script, so that'll give you a good clue. [Aronofsky's] going to make it fantastic. There's going to be some meat on the bones. There will be something to think about as you leave the theater, for sure'. The film was scheduled to begin in March 2011 in before the production moves to for the bulk of shooting. While Jackman in 2008 characterized the film as 'a sequel to Origins', Aronofsky in November 2010 said the film, now titled The Wolverine, was a 'one-off' rather than a sequel. Also in November, sent out a press release stating that they have signed Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a new two-year, overall deal. Under the deal, Protozoa would develop and produce films for both and. Aronofsky’s debut picture under the pact would have been The Wolverine. In March 2011, Aronofsky bowed out of directing the film, saying in a statement, 'As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, it became clear that the production of The Wolverine would keep me out of the country for almost a year. I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won't be able to see the project through, as it is a terrific script and I was very much looking forward to working with my friend, Hugh Jackman, again'. Fox also decided to be 'in no rush' to start the production due to the damage incurred in Japan by the. Despite this, Jackman said the project was moving ahead. 'It's too early to call on Japan, I'm not sure where they're. So now we're finding another director, but Fox is very anxious to make the movie and we're moving ahead full steam to find another director'. James Mangold at the 2013. In May 2011, Fox had a list of eight candidates to replace Aronofsky, including directors,,,,,, and Gary Shore. In June 2011, Fox entered negotiations with Mangold and intended to start principal photography in fall 2011. In July 2011, Jackman said he planned to begin filming in October 2011 and that he would fight the Silver Samurai. In August 2011, reported that filming would take place from November 11, 2011 to March 1, 2012 at the Canadian Motion Picture Park in. Almost immediately, filming was postponed to spring 2012 so Jackman could work on. In September, was hired to rewrite McQuarrie's script. At one point, Bomback tried to work into the script, but he rejected it for being 'goofy' and 'problematic'. In February 2012, a July 26, 2013, release date was set, and in April, filming was set to begin in August 2012 in Australia, which would serve as the primary location due to financial and tax incentives. In July 2012, actors,, and had been cast as Shingen, Ichirō, and Yukio, respectively. Additionally, was cast as, and as Noburo Mori. By July 2012, Deadline.com said would play. However, at the 2012, Biel said her role in the film was 'not a done deal', explaining, 'People keep talking about this. I don't know anything about it. It's a little bit too soon for that kind of an announcement'. A few days later, negotiations between Biel and 20th Century Fox had broken down. Later in July, Fox had begun talks with to take over the role. Somewhat unusually for action movies, The Wolverine features four female lead roles and 'passes the early and often', according to. Mangold noted that he wrote his heroines so that 'they all have missions. They all have jobs to do other than be the object of affection', intent of avoiding the 'worn out' trope of the. In August 2012, revealed he had been interested in directing the film, as the Japanese arc was his favorite Wolverine story. After meeting with and Jackman, del Toro passed, deciding he did not wish to spend two to three years of his life working on the movie. Crew of The Wolverine working on the film set in, On a production budget of $120 million, principal photography began on July 30, 2012. Shuler Donner had to be absent through most of the production due to, with her treatment ending just before post-production begun. Some of the earliest scenes were shot at the Bonna Point Reserve in,, which doubled as a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Filming there ended on August 2, 2012, with production scheduled to continue around Sydney followed by a few weeks in Japan before wrapping up in mid-November. On August 3, 2012, production moved to, which doubled as a town in Canada's region. On August 25, 2012, Mangold said that production moved to and began shooting. On September 4, 2012, filming took place outside in. Filming in, a port in the Ichichi ward of Fukuyama, concluded on September 11, 2012. On October 8, 2012, production returned to Sydney with filming on Erskine Street near. The following week, the film shot in, which doubled as a Japanese city. Also in October, Mangold revealed that the film follows the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, saying, 'Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all. Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so there’s a tremendous sense of isolation for [Wolverine].' Mangold later stated that in the fight scenes, 'there's an urgency and a kind of intensity and hand to hand physicality that I hope is a little different than everything else out there.' On October 25, 2012 production relocated to in western Sydney. The set was made into a Japanese village draped in snow with filming beginning on November 1, 2012. On November 10, 2012, filming took place on a back street in. The set, constructed on Brisbane St., was transformed to look like a Japanese street with Japanese signage and vehicles scattered throughout. Principal photography concluded on November 21, 2012. Reshoots took place in Montreal, including the credits scene where Magneto and Professor X warn Wolverine of a new threat. Said scene was contributed by and, writers of, as a way to 'reintroduce Patrick Stewart into the universe' and set up their film. Mangold stated that while production of The Wolverine started before Days of Future Past and thus the film was mostly focused on being a self-contained story, he was able to collaborate with Singer to 'make things groove together'. Post-production [ ]. Original plate (top), animation pass (center) and the completed shot of the Silver Samurai (bottom) In October 2012, it was reported that The Wolverine would be converted to, making it the first 3D release for one of 20th Century Fox's Marvel films. Visual effects for the film were completed by, (RSP), Iloura, and Shade VFX. In order to recreate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, RSP studied natural phenomena such as volcanoes, instead of relying on archived footage of atomic blasts, and recreated the effects digitally. They also replaced the Sydney cityscape on the horizon with views of Nagasaki. The walking bear featured in the Yukon scenes was created with computer graphics by Weta Digital, while Make-Up Effects Group built a 12 foot tall bear, that was used for shots of the creature dying after it had been hit by poisoned arrows fired by hunters. For a fight scene taking place on top of a speeding bullet train, the actors and stunt performers filmed on wires above a set piece surrounded by a. The moving background, filmed on an elevated freeway in Tokyo, was added later. Weta Digital visual effects supervisor said the team adopted a ' method', explaining 'But instead of having a big panoramic cam on top of a van, we built a rig that had eight 45 degree angle [cameras] that gave us massive resolution driving down all the massive lanes of the freeway. We let a bit of air out of the tires of the van and kept a constant 60 kilometers an hour. So if we shot at 48 fps we just needed to speed up the footage by 10 times to give us the 300 kilometers an hour required.' The Silver Samurai, rendered by Weta Digital, was based on a model that had been and chrome painted using electrolysis. Stunt performer, wearing a suit, stood on stilts while filming as the Silver Samurai. Rangi's performance was then used to animate the digital character. Hill said the main challenge was creating the Silver Samurai's highly reflective surface, 'He's pretty much chrome. We were worried that he was going to look incredibly digital and that it was going to be very hard to make him look solid and real and not just like a mirrored surface.' The original assembly cut of the film ran around two hours and 35 minutes. The mid-credit scene was written by and shot by the crew, though Mangold directed the scene. Music [ ] In September 2012,, who previously scored James Mangold's film (2007), announced that he had signed on to The Wolverine. Following Mangold's and inspirations for the film, Beltrami explained, 'I think I do every movie as a western whether it is or not, so there’s definitely some of the spaghetti western influence on my music throughout the score, and I guess throughout a lot of my work. I wouldn’t say there was a particular movie that influenced me more than something else. There was nothing that I was trying to mimic or anything.' On associating sounds with the film's primary location, Beltrami said, 'I think the last thing that Jim [Mangold] and I wanted to do was Japanese music associated with Japanese places. There's a reference; I do use Japanese instruments, [but] not really in a traditional way.' The score was performed by an 85-piece ensemble of the at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox. The Wolverine by Released July 23, 2013 ( 2013-07-23) Recorded Newman Scoring Stage, 2012-2013 Length 58: 30, catalog #B00CSW07Z6 (Executive Producer) chronology (2013) 2013 The Wolverine (2013) (2013) 2013 soundtrack chronology (2011) 2011 The Wolverine (2013) The Wolverine2013 (2014) 2014 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating (highly recommended) (82.7/100) Track listing All music composed. Title Length 1. 'A Walk in the Woods' 1:02 2. 'Threnody for Nagasaki' 1:15 3. 'Euthanasia' 1:36 4. 'Logan's Run' 3:56 5. 'The Offer' 3:15 6. 'Arriving at the Temple' 2:10 7. 'Funeral Fight' 4:22 8. 'Two Handed' 4:04 9. 'Bullet Train' 1:31 10. 'The Snare' 1:32 11. 'Abduction' 2:11 12. 'Trusting' 1:54 13. 'Ninja Quiet' 3:40 14. 'Kantana Surgery' 3:50 15. 'The Wolverine' 2:21 16. 'The Hidden Fortress' 5:02 17. 'Silver Samurai' 3:27 18. 'Sword of Vengeance' 4:32 19. 'Dreams' 1:21 20. 'Goodbye Mariko' 1:01 21. 'Whole Step Haiku' 2:08 iTunes bonus track No. Title Length 23. 'Yukio' 1:49 Release [ ] The Wolverine was released in 2D and 3D theaters on July 24, 2013, in various international markets, on July 25, 2013, in Australia, and on July 26, 2013, in the United States. The film was titled Wolverine: Immortal in Brazil and Spanish-language markets. The film premiered in Japan on September 13, 2013, under the title Wolverine: Samurai ( ウルヴァリン: SAMURAI, Uruvarin Samurai). Marketing [ ]. At the 2013, promoting The Wolverine On October 29, 2012, director James Mangold and actor Jackman hosted a live chat from the set of the film. The chat took place on the official website and the official account of the film. The first American trailer and international trailer of The Wolverine were released on March 27, 2013. Said 'This is all very encouraging stuff from director James Mangold, a man who's obviously not afraid of tweaking the original source material to serve his own ends.' The trailer was later attached to. The second American trailer was then released on April 18, 2013, and was screened at in,. The third American trailer was released on May 21, 2013, and then on June 13, 2013, the second international trailer was released. On July 20, 2013, 20th Century Fox presented The Wolverine along with and to the 2013 with Jackman and Mangold in attendance to present new footage of the film. 20th Century Fox partnered with automotive company to promote the film with their and their motorcycle. Other partners included brand and company. Home media [ ] The Wolverine was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on December 3, 2013. The Blu-ray set features an exclusive extended cut of the film referred to as the 'Unleashed Extended Edition'. This version of the film was screened for the first time at 20th Century Fox Studios on November 19, 2013. It contains 12 extra minutes, primarily including an extended battle with Harada's ninjas during the start of the film's third act as well as additional footage during moments of character interaction. The BBFC gives its running time as 132m 22s, only six minutes longer. Reception [ ] Box office [ ] Along with the improvements in critical reception, The Wolverine outgrossed Origins in total box office, though earned less domestically. The film closed in US theaters on December 5, 2013, grossing $132,556,852 in North America (as opposed to $179,883,157 for the earlier film) and $282,271,394 in other territories (as opposed to the earlier film's $193,179,707), for a worldwide total of $414,828,246. The film earned $139.6 million on its worldwide opening weekend. When compared to the rest of the X-Men film franchise, The Wolverine has garnered somewhat mixed results in terms of box office success. While its domestic gross is greater than the production budget, it is still lower than the other five films of the franchise, with its domestic box office total being roughly $45.1 million less than the franchise's average. However, its overseas total currently exceeds the franchise's average by roughly $75.7 million and is significantly more than any of the other X-Men films. With a worldwide total of roughly $414.8 million, The Wolverine was at that time the third highest-grossing film. In North America, the film opened at the top of the box office on its opening day, with $20.7 million, with $4 million coming from Thursday late night showings. It held on to the number one spot through its first weekend, with $53,113,752, which is the lowest opening of the series. Outside North America, the film topped the box office on its opening weekend with $86.5 million from 100 countries. The film achieved the highest opening of the franchise, passing 's $76.2 million opening. Critical response [ ] The review aggregator website reported a 70% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 232 reviews. The website's consensus reads, 'Although its final act succumbs to the usual cartoonish antics, The Wolverine is one superhero movie that manages to stay true to the comics while keeping casual viewers entertained.' On, the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on reviews from 43 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'A-', on a scale from A+ to F. Of the gave it a grade of 'B+', praising Jackman's performance as 'strong, solid entertainment' and 'a serious, sometimes dark and deliberately paced story.' Christy Lemire, writing for the website of, said that the film 'features some breathtakingly suspenseful action sequences, exquisite production and costume design and colorful characters, some of whom register more powerfully than others.' Film critic Peter Debruge called the film 'an entertaining and surprisingly existential digression from his usual X-Men exploits. Though Wolvie comes across a bit world-weary and battle-worn by now, Jackman is in top form, taking the opportunity to test the character’s physical and emotional extremes. Fans might’ve preferred bigger action or more effects, but Mangold does them one better, recovering the soul of a character whose near-immortality made him tiresome.' James Buchanan of gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it 'A rare comic-to-film adaptation that doesn't sacrifice substance for the sake of thrilling action.' Scott Collura of praised the film giving it an 8.5 out of 10 and stated, ' The Wolverine is a stand alone adventure for the classic character that reminds us that there's more to this genre than universe-building and crossovers. [The] story paints a deep and compelling portrait of Logan, a haunted character that Jackman still finds new ways to play all these years later.' Of felt that despite the film's final act 'sink[ing] into CGI shit', Jackman's performance 'still has the juice' and Mangold's directing 'shows style and snap.' Conversely, Henry Barnes of derided the film, giving it 2 out of 5 stars and stating, 'Hugh Jackman's sixth time out in the claws and hair combo is looking increasingly wearied, as the backstory gets more complicated and the action gets duller and flatter.' Joe Neumaier of the New York offered a similar view, saying 'Hugh Jackman has the role of the mutant superhero down pat, but the rest of the film is the same old slice and dice.' Accolades [ ] List of awards and nominations Year Award / Film Festival Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref. 2013 Hollywood Movie Award Nominated 2014 Favorite Action Movie The Wolverine Nominated Favorite Movie Actor (also for ) Nominated The Wolverine Nominated Favorite Male Buttkicker Hugh Jackman Nominated Best Comic-To-Film Motion Picture The Wolverine Nominated Sequel [ ]. Main article: By October 2013, 20th Century Fox had begun negotiations with both Jackman and Mangold to return for a previously untitled instalment. Mangold was scheduled to write the treatment, with Lauren Shuler Donner returning to produce. On March 20, 2014, Fox announced that the sequel would be released March 3, 2017. 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But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy abruptly end when a mysterious woman appears with an urgent request--that Logan shepherd an extraordinary young girl to safety. Soon, the claws come out as Logan must face off against dark forces and a villain from his own past on a live-or-die mission, one that will set the time-worn warrior on a path toward fulfilling his destiny. ½ And so we reach the big finale, the final curtain for Huge Jackman and his run as the infamous X-Men character Wolverine. The tenth installment in the X-Men franchise, the third solo Wolverine movie and the first R rated movie. Taking much inspiration from the classic comicbook series 'Old Man Logan' the movie is technically a stand alone story clear of any previous events in early movies. But this seems to be unclear with some saying it is a sequel to 'Apocalypse' but not a direct sequel. Or its a sequel to the 'Days of Future Past' timeline. Myself I have no clue, the X-Men franchise is so convoluted and I can barely recall anything from the earlier films anyway. Its the year 2029 and mutants seem to be slowly dying out as none have been born for the last 25 years. Logan is now an aging, grey haired, broken man whose special healing ability has weakened over time. He now spends his time working as a limo driver whilst caring for Professor X. The professor is now also very old and weak, suffering from a brain disease that causes violent seizures which has resulted in many X-Men being killed. Logan reluctantly accepts a job to escort a woman and young girl to a refuge in North Dakota. Alas it seems the young girl (Laura) has the same powers as Logan and a shady outfit are after her. The shady outfit in question being Transigen, a company that uses children with mutant DNA to create weapons. Transigen created Laura and want her back. And so Logan must now help Laura reach the refuge in North Dakota. So the main hook with this movie seemed to be the fact it was an R/18 rating. This would be the first time we would see Wolverine really getting stuck into his enemies, swear and showcase a lot of claret. In all honesty that pretty much seemed like the entire reason for the hype to me. This time there would be no cuts, we'd see Wolverine stick his claws through someones head.and there would be blood, awesome. Was it really? I mean sure twas cool 'n' all but Jesus Christ I didn't cum in my pants or anything. I guess for a teenager this might have been epic but for me I saw nothing special. But that aside lets look at the story and acting. The plot isn't anything amazing, its essentially a standard chase formula. Bad guys are trying to catch the good guys as both parties tear across the countryside. Wolverine is the typical reluctant hero, he doesn't really wanna have to deal with it, he has his own problems, but he now finds himself in the thick of it. The girl he's stumbled across was more of a pain at first, uncontrollable, a burden; but as time passes he becomes attached to her, he becomes her guardian. Its all relatively bog standard stuff we've all seen before. Obviously the movie revolves around Jackman and his gritty performance as Logan. As I just said, at first he doesn't really wanna get involved with Laura, he has his hands full with Xavier. So naturally he's grumpy, rude, kinda selfish in a way, but ultimately tired and weary of his existence. He's aging and slowing down, he's not as agile or fit as he once was and his claws hurt him as they extend and retract. He doesn't wanna get into any fisticuffs but still finds himself raging out and killing people, mostly scummy criminal types of course. But is this really anything new? I mean lets be honest here we've seen Jackman do this grumpy, gritty, no-nonsense persona before with Wolverine, its not really that new. Is he good at it? Yes, very much so, but this wasn't an outright Oscar performance or anything, he didn't blow me away whilst watching. I feel the same way about Patrick Stewart's performance as Xavier. Was this a good performance? Yes very much so, Stewart like Jackman have both perfected their performances as these characters and it would be hard to see another person in the roles. But did I see anything that blew me away or was any different to what he's done before in previous movies with this character? No not really, it was a solid performance but nothing more than what I've come to expect from this franchise. There is a shit-tonne of emotion radiating throughout this movie and at times, namely the ending, its quite poignant. But at the end of the day I didn't really see anything that I haven't seen before in previous movies, it was just more heightened this time. As for the kid actor, Dafne Keen (Laura), yes again she was good in her role, but she hardly had any dialog and merely acts like a feral child when the action kicks in (which always looked kinda cringeworthy in my opinion). Yes I understand she's just a child actor and yes she did put in a solid performance for her age, but again it didn't blow me away, it really didn't. Seeing her growl and bounce around (mostly by a stunt double) like a lethal Gollum just didn't wow me I'm afraid. Its only towards the end when she starts trusting and caring about Logan that she actually comes into her own. I did also notice that all the other child characters in this movie were mostly minority actors. Because clearly director James Mangold and co needed to hammer home the political narrative of minorities/refugees and borders, striving for freedom, and the evil white man chasing and trying to enslave/kill them. Its kinda sad that almost every movie these days has these little, not so hidden, political angles to appease certain demographics and groups. For me I really couldn't get past the fact it was just another samey superhero flick. Despite all the grit and emotion packed into it, at the end of the day it was the same old thing. The villains were the same corny bunch of faceless kill fodder they always are. There only seems to be a dozen or so hencemen throughout the movie, then come the finale there's loads of them! Loads of bad guys for all the hero characters to merrily kill. I didn't really understand the point of the bad guys either. They wanted this mutant kids back because they created them, OK sure. But they only wanted to exterminate them, so why go to all that trouble to try and capture them? And with all this future tech on display, you're telling me that no one could have added some kind of device in these mutant test subjects that would shut them down, or kill them with the flick of a switch, if needs be? Surely by now these evil companies would have thought to do that because they all seem incapable of keeping their creations under lock and key. I also really disliked the entire clone of Logan aspect, I realise that's a major part of his characters backstory but seeing two Jackman's (one looking kinda goofy with those muttonchops) fighting each other just looks stupid. The effects were handled well (inevitable CGI superhero stuff aside) but that kind of thing always looks daft to me. Also the clone of Logan (X-24) could have easily killed him at any point, just taken his head off, but no we gotta do the usual throwing thing. That's the other thing about these X-Men.superhero movies, the action is very repetitive. In other words what else do you expect a bloke with claws to do all the time, exactly. Seeing Logan slice 'n' dice people isn't awesome anymore folks, we've been there and done it. Simply adding blood and gore doesn't really make it any more exciting or better. I just get the impression this movie seems to have been blown way way outta proportion simply because it was Huge Jackaman's last outing as Wolverine and everybody likes him in the role. Oh and of course it was an R rating so that makes it instantly cooler, apparently. Was this a bad movie? Was it a good X-Men movie? One of the best ones? Was it a stunning movie? No, it was a solid but completely unoriginal chase movie in a superhero wrapping. Don't get me wrong I didn't not like it, its certainly one of the better comicbook superhero (based) flicks, I just didn't see what all the fuss was about. In no way does this movie deserve the hype it got, in my opinion. ½ 'Logan' is THE prime example of the kind of glorious genre movie that can arise from a studio willing to fillet convention and financially-motivated tropes. 'Deadpool' was only the beginning! James Mangold's brutal second foray in the standalone adventures of the X-Men's most popular mutant is a bold, savage vision with maturity and grit not seen in a superhero film before (or most modern blockbusters for that matter). 'Logan's' influences don't go wholly unnoticed, but it remains very much it's own beast. Highlighted by arguably the best performance of Hugh Jackman's career, and fittingly in his signature role, 'Logan' in not only the surefire best entry in the entire X-Men film franchise. It's something close to a masterpiece. Logan sees tremendous success by countering what has become expected of the genre that is Hollywood Superhero films. It's more of a Western than anything, with it's desolate setting filled with gritty and nuanced performances. Even the abundance of razor claw action never feels manufactured on the backdrop of monochromatic realism. Yet, there's just enough style to make you shiver as he guts goons left and right. Effective use of themes in legacy, family and belonging takes Jackman's trademark character through one last journey of self discovery. It prudently sheds ties with the franchise's previous failures and comes to it's own but still stumbles a bit into unsavory tropes with it's 'big bad' villains. Still, a well conceived send off for the Wolverine, may he rest in peace!
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