Logan shows DC how to go dark.
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Logan steps outside of the Marvel Universe, this movie does not mesh with the previous X-men movies. Logan tells the story of a nearly 100-year-old Wolverine. And some unknown reason there has not been a new Mutant born is over 25 years.
Following in the footsteps of Deadpool, Logan is R-Rated. But unlike Deadpool who was rated R for it's language, Logan is R Rate for it's violence. And that is as it should be.
Wolverine is out of the X-men business and working as a limo driver. For some reason his healing ability has weakened, and it shows. He has a hidden garage in the middle of the desert on the Texas-Mexico border. He has a servant, Caliban, we can only assume is also some sort of Mutant.
He is approached by cybernetically enhanced man Donald Pierce who asks him if he has seen a certain woman. Logan has never seen the woman, and of course he does not like having random people enter his limo without permission. Logan kicks the man out of his limo.
We learn that he is caring for Professor Xavier, who is also suffering from the ravages of old-age. Suffering from seizures his telepathic abilities have catastrophic results for every else around him. And as we learn later, that he has Alzheimer’s disease, which when occurring in his brain can be a massive real world problem.
Logan is approached to transport Gaberila and her daughter, Laura, to a place in North Dakota named “Eden.” Logan doesn’t want the job, as knows that she is the woman that the man who entered his limo was asking about. When he reluctantly accepts the job, he finds Gaberlia murdered, he takes Laura back his hide out. When they are attacked by Donald Pierce and his gang, we quickly learn that Laura is like Logan a genetically enhance Mutant with an Adamantium skeleton.
In spite of his failing mind, Professor X is in touch telepathically with the young mutant. He knows her story.
This is as about real life an X-man movie can be. That is the movie’s strength. We see Logan struggle with his failing body, we hope throughout the movie that we will see Wolverine’s ability come back full force. For a brief moment we do, but it comes at a cost.
Director James Mangold, gives an astute and enjoyable X-men ride. He has created the type of dark themed movie that D.C. has tried to make with the Superman movies. They should take a lesson from this movie.
