8.5 | / 10 |
Users | 4.1 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.1 |
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen MerchantAction | 100% |
Sci-Fi | 83% |
Comic book | 78% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.38:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (224 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps)
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (2 BDs, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Though it’s probably easier to do so with long running television series than with a feature film franchise, there are any number of actors who are closely associated with a single role. David Suchet? Why, Hercule Poirot of course. Raymond Burr? Perry Mason , without objection. But there have certainly been film franchises that featured an actor who, if not solely associated with that role, owe at least some part of their success to that very franchise. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter or even long ago efforts like Mickey Rooney’s Andy Hardy series spring to mind, but there are many, many others. It’s probably too soon to tell if Hugh Jackman will be remembered mostly for his portrayals of Logan in many of the X-Men films, including two that bear his character’s alter ego’s name, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine. It’s perhaps easy to think that Jackman, whose credits on stage and in film are beyond versatile, will escape the Adamantium shadow that Logan has cast on film audiences for some time now, but it’s also probably just as easy to foresee Jackman’s epitaph (may be it long in coming) headlined with some reference to the now iconic Marvel character. Logan has been widely touted as the final appearance by Jackman in what has now been a nearly two decade long stretch playing the role, but some cynics may look at Logan’s amazing box office receipts (well over half a billion dollars) and come to the conclusion that there are probably Hollywood bean counters ready to pledge their firstborn children or whatever else Jackman requires to return to the role. But for now, anyway, this is Jackman’s swan song as the character, and it’s a suitably elegiac but nonetheless almost celebratory outing that offers a mythic storyline while also providing Jackman more character beats than are typically at the forefront of superhero tentpoles.
Logan is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.38:1. Shot digitally
with the Arri Alexa XT and finished at a 4K DI (all according to the IMDb), this is another stellar looking high definition presentation in what has generally
been a problem free X-Men experience on Blu-ray. The film in its original theatrical version (more about the Noir iteration in a moment)
has unsurprisingly been graded at various moments, with a lot of the early footage bathed in a kind of sepia tone which brings out the dusty, gritty quality
of the isolated site where Charles is being kept. Other moments, though, are graded toward cool blue tones, something that becomes even more
prevalent later in the film. None of these stylistic flourishes materially affect detail levels, which are uniformly high throughout the presentation. Fine
detail is exceptional, offering precise looks at elements like the muslin looking fabric that Caliban wears or even some of the grotesque wounds suffered by
various folks (mutants and humans) over the course of the film. Shadow detail is typically quite satisfying throughout as well, despite quite a few rather
dim or downright dark moments. Some intentional softness is introduced in what might be termed the "seizure cam" moments when Charles' affliction
goes out of control, but generally speaking this is a sharp and well detailed presentation which should easily please fans.
As someone who's old enough to remember the controversy when "colorizing" first reared its (then) unnatural looking head, I find it downright odd that
there's now this trend toward "reverse engineering" (so to speak), by delivering "new, improved" black and white versions of color films, as is the case
with the so-called Logan Noir version included with this release. I'm not quite
sure what the supposed point of Logan in black and white is, but I personally found it kind of a yawn, frankly, at least in terms of investing the
material with anything new or very remarkable. Some individual moments are quite striking in black and white, to be sure, but as can be seen by
comparing screenshot 12 and 14, a certain amount of visceral impact is lost in black and white, at least in my estimation. Contrast and black levels are
solid throughout this version, and detail levels are at least generally in the ballpark of the color version, though I oddly found shadow detail a little less
pleasing in black and white for whatever reason.
Logan's DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 mix is a consistently immersive affair, one that surrounds the listener with excellent placement of effects even before any actual imagery shows up, courtesy of some of the sounds of Logan's limo being stripped. As might be expected, the action sequences provide a glut of activity, including everything from gunfire to near calamitous accidents on the freeway. LFE is forceful, incredibly so at times when Charles' seizures are psychically oppressing Logan. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly and is typically very well prioritized even in noisier action scenes. Fidelity is spot on an dynamic range appealingly wide on this problem free track.
Disc One: Logan
Knowing an actor is saying goodbye to a character after a long run of playing him (or her) is enough to make any viewing experience bittersweet, but Logan is kind of stuffed to the gills (or Adamantium claws, as the case may be) with a melancholic, elegiac aspect that is quite emotionally affecting and which some fans may find downright devastating. James Mangold has crafted a really viscerally exciting but still authentic feeling experience with Logan, and even those not fully up to speed on the whole X-Men mythos supporting the character should find this film uniquely satisfying. Bidding goodbye is never easy, but Logan at least makes it worthwhile. Technical merits are first rate, and Logan comes Highly recommended.
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