Weekend Film Reviews
Logan
The slashing starts early in Logan – no surprise, since it's an R-rated action thriller about Wolverine, also known as Logan, the "X-Men" character with the tortured psyche and retractable claws.
By Joe Morgenstern • • 3m ListenThe level of violence in Logan may prompt some to wonder what the world is coming to, but the R-rating does represent truth in advertising, and it's conferred a kind of liberation on what turns out to be the best superhero film that's ever come out of the comic-book world.
Hugh Jackman has said this will be the last time he plays Wolverine. Logan is a perfect send-off for him, and a grand climax for his character, a film that swings freely, even operatically, between incipient tragedy and beckoning hope.