Review by Bob Ignizio
Although it exists within the X-men series of films dealing
with a band of mutant superheroes, James Mangold's LOGAN is less a superhero film and more a serious, adult action
film. The kind of movie Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson might have starred in
in the seventies. Sure, the title character has metal claws that pop out of his
hands, as well as the ability to heal from almost any wound, but this is a much
different, and much more grown-up beast than your average comic book fare.
The violence is part of that, to be sure. From its very
first scene, LOGAN announces its
intention to earn its 'R' rating as Hugh Jackman's hirsute hero slices and
dices a group of car thieves unlucky enough to have picked his limousine as
their target.
