Logan
2017 · Directed by James Mangold
Original language: English
- action
- drama
- science fiction
The story
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
What it’s like
Grimy, sun-bleached desert light: dusty highways, scorched plains, motel rooms lit by flickering neon and the weak yellow of bare bulbs, with a restless handheld camera that stays close to faces and blood. The palette is washed-out ochre, rust and grey, broken by sudden flashes of violence in red. The score is sparse and melancholy, mostly low strings and guitar-tinged drones that swell during fights and then fall away to near silence in the long quiet between them. The vibe is weary, elegiac and bruised, a dusty road-movie mood for a late-night watch or a long solo drive, though the violence is real: frequent, brutal and bloody, with graphic gore, impalings and dismemberment, plus some swearing and grim deaths. Its pace is loose and episodic, with long stretches of stillness between sudden bursts of savage action. Its emotional core is a tired, ageing man and an ailing mentor slowly forced to care again, and the bond that grows between a hardened protector and a fierce, wary child. It suits viewers who want a bleak, character-driven western with superhero trappings and don't mind hard, bloody fights; it is not gentle.
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