Review of Logan (2017) by Pur__0_0__ — 02 Apr 2021

When we have an established movie franchise, things start getting a little monotonous - There's a bad guy who's out to destroy everything the hero stands for, then the hero fights and stops him to save the day. We get happy, cheer for the hero, and later forget all about it. But what if we were once told that the hero we are all cheering for is not there to stay forever? He will die, the new generation will come up, they will remember him for some years and eventually he will be forgotten until someone brings up his topic again.

This is exactly what happens in this movie. Unlike the high budget movies Marvel has been making like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, X-Men or Fantastic Four, this one takes place in a grim, dark near future. Everything The X-Men ever stood for has gone. Now it's just an ailing Charles Xavier and Logan, who's working as a limousine driver. They are no longer interested in the adventures they had. There was even a point where Logan sees an X-Men comic and dismisses it saying these are just fake stories. He doesn't care about a legacy, but Charles still does.

Logan later meets his daughter, who is to be the next Wolverine. She is in trouble, and Logan must help her cross the border before they get caught. One by one Professor X, and then Wolverine, are killed to ensure his daughter and her friends are safe. The movie finally ends with a realisation that no matter what happens, the cycle of life will carry on whether it's humans or mutants. Everything that is born has to die someday. The same X-Men who we once cheered for in the movies will no longer be with us, and neither will we be to tell your tales if you keep them to yourself.