James Mangold's 2017 superhero film "Logan" is unique within the genre for the simple fact that it ends.
Inspired by the Mark Millar and Steve McNiven comic book series "Old Man Logan," Mangold's film takes place in a future of the X-Men universe wherein the man once known as Wolverine has grown into a scarred, defeated, sad, kind of pathetic elderly man. Professor X (Patrick Stewart) is pushing 100 and is losing control of his psychic powers, and Logan (Hugh Jackman) can no longer heal quickly. Both men are at the ends of their lives. The world is dry, dusty, and barren, and the X-Men long ago disbanded and died. The X-Men comics that you read are merely inaccurate portrayals of the tragic, violent stories that the "real world" X-Men actually experienced.
This "last hurrah" for Wolverine was constructed because the character had been featured in nine films,...
Inspired by the Mark Millar and Steve McNiven comic book series "Old Man Logan," Mangold's film takes place in a future of the X-Men universe wherein the man once known as Wolverine has grown into a scarred, defeated, sad, kind of pathetic elderly man. Professor X (Patrick Stewart) is pushing 100 and is losing control of his psychic powers, and Logan (Hugh Jackman) can no longer heal quickly. Both men are at the ends of their lives. The world is dry, dusty, and barren, and the X-Men long ago disbanded and died. The X-Men comics that you read are merely inaccurate portrayals of the tragic, violent stories that the "real world" X-Men actually experienced.
This "last hurrah" for Wolverine was constructed because the character had been featured in nine films,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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