Logan (2017)
87%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
28 wins & 80 nominations total
Logan is a film that transcends the typical superhero genre and instead delivers a melancholic paean to the Western, complete with enough blood and gore to redefine what a comic book movie can and should be. The film ventures to all the places superhero movies have tended not to go, and the result is a profound and emotional experience that earns its tears. Jackman and Stewart deliver career performances, crafting a heartfelt valedictory that provides the kind of closure any story could be proud of. Mangold’s direction remains intensely serious, treating his complex characters with the respect they deserve. Logan is the perfect goodbye to a beloved character and a fantastic evolution of where these kinds of stories and characters can go.
Logan is the superhero movie that will make you forget you’re watching a superhero movie. It’s a western, it’s a drama, it’s a tearjerker, and it’s a bloody good time. Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart give career-defining performances that will leave you wanting more, even though this is the perfect send-off for their characters. So grab some tissues and get ready for a ride that will make you feel all the feels.
Production Company(ies)
Tri Star Pictures, Freddie Fields Productions,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Just outside Northern Meadows community, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong brutal violence and language throughout, and for brief nudity
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English, Spanish
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 1985 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 20, 2007
Genre(s)
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $619,179,950
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $746,877,192
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 162
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 81,447,894
US/Canada gross: $226,277,068
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $272,943,562
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 229
US/Canada opening weekend: $88,411,916
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $106,645,642
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 74
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $97,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $117,004,899
Production budget ranking: 325
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $63,007,138
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $566,865,154
ROI to date (est.): 315%
ROI ranking: 443
Bruce Abbott – Daniel “Dan” Cain
Barbara Crampton – Megan Halsey
David Gale – Dr. Carl Hill
Robert Sampson – Dean Alan Halsey
Gerry Black – Mace
Director(s)
Stuart Gordon
Writer(s)
Stuart Gordon, William Norris, Dennis Paoli
Producer(s)
Charles Band, Brian Yuzna
Film Festivals
Berlin
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
28 wins & 80 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (430) | Top Critics (81) | Fresh (403) | Rotten (27)
The ending of “Logan”… works in a bold and poignant way, providing the kind of closure that any story could be proud of.
November 8, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
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Matthew Rozsa
Salon.com
TOP CRITIC
Logan is a melancholic paen to the Western with enough blood and gore to redefine what a comic book movie can and should be.
November 20, 2017 | Full Review…
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Kristen Lopez
Culturess
TOP CRITIC
The superhero movie is a major American genre, and one that is malleable for the silly and the profound. And Logan is the most profound one yet.
September 11, 2017 | Full Review…
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Jordan Hoffman
Thrillist
TOP CRITIC
Logan ventures to all the places superhero movies have tended not to go.
August 10, 2017 | Full Review…
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K. Austin Collins
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
Make no mistake, Logan earns its tears. If Jackman and Stewart are serious about this being their mutual X-Men swan song, they could not have crafted a more heartfelt valedictory.
March 9, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
Jackman and Stewart are why Logan works-why the film doesn’t feel like a cheap exercise in bloody violence, and its subversion of typical superhero-movie tropes feels organic.
March 8, 2017 | Full Review…
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David Sims
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
I love how the film transcended the superhero genre to become a tragic western. The most emotional superhero film ever made.
March 1, 2023 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
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Joseph Garcia
Dynamic Duel Podcast
There are no punchy jokes or one-liners. There are no colorful, larger than life characters. Mangold’s tone remains intensely serious and his characters are broken and struggling.
August 23, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
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Keith Garlington
Keith & the Movies
An uncommon comic book film that transcends its label, Logan engages through its harmony of post-modernism and serious treatment of complex characters.
April 5, 2022 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
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Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
This is the film fans have been waiting for, the antidote to the noisy, messy superhero films of (the previous) year. Its the perfect goodbye to a beloved character.
February 21, 2022 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
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Victoria Luxford
City AM
Jackman delivers a career performance as Logan.
February 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
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David Gonzalez
The Cinematic Reel
A fantastic evolution of where these kinds of stories and characters can go.
December 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
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Drew Dietsch
FANDOM
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Plot
In 2029 the mutant population has shrunken significantly due to genetically modified plants designed to reduce mutant powers and the X-Men have disbanded. Logan, whose power to self-heal is dwindling, has surrendered himself to alcohol and now earns a living as a chauffeur. He takes care of the ailing old Professor X whom he keeps hidden away. One day, a female stranger asks Logan to drive a girl named Laura to the Canadian border. At first he refuses, but the Professor has been waiting for a long time for her to appear. Laura possesses an extraordinary fighting prowess and is in many ways like Wolverine. She is pursued by sinister figures working for a powerful corporation; this is because they made her, with Logan’s DNA. A decrepit Logan is forced to ask himself if he can or even wants to put his remaining powers to good use. It would appear that in the near-future, the times in which they were able put the world to rights with razor sharp claws and telepathic powers are now over.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Jeffrey Combs delivers a standout performance as the mad scientist Herbert West.
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