{"id":15208,"date":"2017-05-26T20:21:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T03:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=15208"},"modified":"2017-05-26T20:22:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T03:22:17","slug":"review-logan-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/05\/review-logan-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Logan BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Logan<\/em><\/strong> is one hell of a film, a modern day western with tortured soul of a character who happens to have claws. Hugh Jackman once again gives it his all and thankfully this time around, the writing was far superior over the previous solo films.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Logan<\/span>
\n(2017)<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Adventure
\nFox | R \u2013 121 min. \u2013 $39.99 | May 23, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 05\/26\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>James Mangold
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>James Mangold (story), Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Richard E. Grant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailers
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

THE MOVIE \u2014 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Note: <\/strong>This review contains MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS<\/strong>, so reader(s) beware. Again, there are MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

My first viewing of Logan<\/em><\/strong> was a couple weeks following its March release. First impressions were that it was good but hardly great and didn\u2019t move me on an emotional level. This second time around, my rating increased slightly (3.75 to 4.0) but admittedly I did find the journey for Logan aka The Wolverine was an poignant one, to the point I\u2019m in the camp Hugh Jackman is deserving of an Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The film is set in 2029. The mutant species has been all but eradicated and Logan (HUGH JACKMAN) makes his living driving drunk partiers in a sleek limo with, as shown in the opening, buck shots in the rear door following a takedown, earning its much anticipated R-rating right off the bat, of gang members attempting to take the rims off his (leased) car.<\/p>\n

Logan has a property just across the Mexican border where he is taking care of an ailing Charles Xavier (PATRICK STEWART) whose mind is slowly deteriorating and if he\u2019s not given shots and taking pills, is dangerous to humanity. Staying with Xavier while Logan is away is an albino mutant named Caliban (STEPHEN MERCHANT) \u2014 a character who appeared in X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em> \u2014 who has the ability to sense other mutants but has deadly sensitivity to the sun.<\/p>\n

Although Logan wants nothing more than to lay low and build up capital to buy a boat so he and Charles can live life in some peace out on the open ocean where Charles is not a danger to others. But all good plans go by the wayside when a woman looking for The Wolverine; of course he\u2019s none too pleased and tries to blow her off. Eventually she reveals that men working for a experimental facility are after her a girl named Laura (DAFNE KEEN) who, we eventually discover, escaped from the facility and has special gifts, of the same variety of Logan himself, and offers $50k to drive them to North Dakota where they, and other escaped children with abilities, await for safe passage into Canada. On their trail is Pierce (BOYD HOLBROOK) and his boss, Dr. Rice (RICHARD E. GRANT)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Logan<\/em><\/strong> more or less is part road trip, part western (even showing a scene from 1953\u2019s Shane<\/em>) and on both fronts, it works. No, the plot isn\u2019t exactly intricate and the villains aren\u2019t really all that interesting which is nothing new for comic book movies but instead, and unlike X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/em> and The Wolverine<\/em>, the focus is almost solely focused on characters and far less spectacle.<\/p>\n

James Mangold returns to the director\u2019s chair following The Wolverine<\/em> which had its good parts before devolving into familiar territory in the third act. Here, this is a much smaller movie both in story and scale. While I can\u2019t say Jackman ever gave a bad performance in his larger roles, this is easily his best displaying a wide array of emotions from bitterness to acceptance and eventually, sacrifice.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Patrick Stewart also delivers as he always does and he and Jackman share such great fatherly-son chemistry; and the young Dafne Keen marks her feature film debut and she does good considering 85%+ of the film she doesn\u2019t have a line, has to act with her eyes and at most grunts. The relationship between Keen\u2019s Laura and Logan was emotional and really well done, tragically paying off in the end.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe Logan<\/em><\/strong> is one of the best superhero movies ever made (I have it ranked #13), however it is undeniable that it is one of the more unique ones, much like The Dark Knight<\/em>, at its core, was a crime-thriller as Logan<\/em><\/strong> is a modern western. It features some great performances led way by Jackman and makes a fitting finale for a beloved character that finally gets a proper solo outing.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

This release comes with a slightly textured slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a DVD Copy<\/u><\/strong>, a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy and a Blu-ray of the black and white Logan<\/u><\/em> Noir<\/u><\/strong> version.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Co-Writer\/Executive Producer\/Director James Mangold. If you follow his Twitter feed, you know he\u2019s an interesting, and confrontational dude, and his knowledge of the character really comes through making this a compelling track taking viewers inside the various scenes, story elements and more.<\/p>\n

Deleted Scenes (7:45; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 There are six scenes, including one alternate referencing Jean Grey, that adds a few extra character moments but they were probably rightly removed. An optional commentary with Mangold.<\/p>\n

Making Logan<\/em> (1:16:05; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a six-part making-of documentary that delves into just about every aspect of the movie as told by a variety of participants including Hugh Jackman, Patrick Wilson, James Mangold and many others and behind-the-scenes footage.<\/p>\n

Chapters Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n