James Gunn is already warning that the repetition of patterns in superhero cinema is going to be what advances its end as current hegemonic entertainment. But it’s hard to escape when Such massive investments make it necessary to reduce risksFor this reason, it tends to follow what is marked by the modern action blockbuster. Perhaps the real breakthrough is to prove that the DNA of the movies is not purely action, as could be seen in ‘Joker’ and to a certain extent with ‘The Batman’.
When that variation is actually made and it is not compromised to fit what is expected, it is when the promise to offer something different feels genuine. Few understood that as well as James Mangold who, after having to do a version more committed to the general tone of the X-Men in ‘Immortal Wolverine’, was able to make a fully satisfying and surprising film with ‘Logan’.
the last of us
The film that promised to be the true conclusion of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (until Ryan Reynolds crossed paths with ‘Deadpool 3’) is going to be able see today on television through Cuatro, and at the same time it can be recovered in streaming through Disney + and Movistar +. If nothing else, it still feels like a perfect love letter to a character he’s played for nearly two decades, made from a pure Western skeleton, too.
Logan begins to suffer from the toxic effects of the adamantium that has kept him alive for so long, and the real end is already in sight. Not only for himself, but for the mutant race, with many wiped off the face of the Earth and Professor Xavier suffering from the deterioration of his own mind, one of the most powerful on the planet. However, a mysterious assignment will lead him to meet a possible new hope for his species that may be his last chance to redeem himself.
Many have pointed out the similarities between the ‘Logan’ story and ‘The Last of Us’, the game of which was featured several years earlier. However, both Mark Millar’s comics about the character and the references to westerns such as ‘Deep Roots’ are the ones that mark a completely different film from other mutant and superhero films in general. You don’t see too many compromises in an approach that tries to make a tape of real adult concernswhere also each wound suffered by the protagonist feels especially painful.
‘Logan’: deep concerns
‘Deep roots’ is an influence that he wears on his lapel (it is not for nothing that it appears on a television at one point), but it is above all in the DNA of an exceptional and jaded man who no longer believes in the common good and only agrees to do it when there is economic benefit involved. The film itself will erode that mentality with a road trip that will make you have a connection with that commission you must protect and completely reconsider your position.
Mangold does not need excessive fanfare to magnify the film, which achieves that suitable twilight air with which to fully celebrate a memorable character. Jackman is better than ever in the role, rounding out a powerful experience that truly feels like no other film in this theme. Movies like this and the highly entertaining ‘Le Mans ’66’ are reason enough for many to have faith in what the director can do in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate’.
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