Sunday, April 02, 2017

Logan

Gosh this was good. Earns its Western-quoting settings - including the urban ones - and Johnny Cash ending by committing to the piece in how it renders its characters, mood, and elements of the storyline, and wrings both excitement from its set pieces (especially the first big one, when Laura and Logan fight their way out of the compound and flee in Logan's stretch limo - along with Charles aka Professor X - with antagonists in hot pursuit) and emotion and pathos from the relationships and pasts and presents of all three of the principals.

(w/ Julian)