After appearing in a bunch of X-Men movies and a few stand-alone movies of his own, Wolverine finally says adieu with what has been tagged as the final chapter on the story of Wolverine at least on Hugh Jackman's perspective. Aptly playing the role since 2000, Jackman surely saved the best for last on this caper as this is both a commercial and critical success as well.
Logan is based primarily on the comic series "Old Man Logan" which lets us see an older much mature yet deranged Wolverine in the near future. This future is a place herein the X-Men seemed to cease existence. The weary Logan takes care of an ailing Professor X which is played by Patrick Stewart and hopes to protect him and hide him from the outside world. Things become complicated when he meets a young mutant Laura (Dafne Keen) who is very much like him in any way possible.
The conflicts began to pile up as he tries to protect both Charles and Laura while battling all the dark forces that want to capture her. The Reavers made a full pursuit to the escaping group which led to a series of very dark scenes which includes bloodbath and deaths. Professor X was killed in a way where Logan finds himself helpless but just let his friend and mentor bite the dust.
Logan is movie packed with wonderful fight scenes and that is not its only power. It is a wonderfully written story that touches the heart and thrusts right to where your emotions lie. It shows how great an actor Hugh Jackman is as he effortlessly showed himself as someone who seems to not care anymore but still shows the compassionate heart that really reveals that care is one thing he truly possesses. Dafne Keen portrayed X-23 well as she showed promise in possibly taking on the mantle used to be carried by Jackman's Wolverine. The result was a heart wrenching film of epic proportions. It did not focused much on the extravaganza but touched more on where it hurts more - the heart.
9 out of 10 popcorns for me.
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