So here we are, the final Hugh Jackman as Wolverine film, and man was it good!
Director James Mangold's Logan takes place in a nearly mutant-free near future wherein Logan lives a quiet life as a limo driver and tries his best not to be noticed.
He does have secrets however, and early in the film these begin to catch up with him. He's harbouring a fugitive, running out of time and is about to be met with something he'd never expected; new mutants.
The story moves between extremely violent (this is definitely not a film for children) and surprisingly heartfelt, and much of this comes down to the work of Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart.
The film is a lot of fun and honestly, it may be the first X-Men film I'll go to the trouble of purchasing since X-Men: First Class.
Yesterday my wife and I decided to check out the Hugh Jackman robot fighting film, Real Steel, based off the short story Steel by Richard Matheson.
Although the film has a significant science fiction element (giant fighting robots), I would actually consider it a cross between two Sylvester Stallone films, Rocky (1976) and Over The Top (1987), and for the record, I really liked both of those films.
The movie focuses on Charlie and Max Kenton (played by Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo) as an estranged father and son involved in the world of robot boxing.
It's a lot of fun; the fight scenes are great, the human drama is engaging and it felt both futuristic and quite contemporary in theme.
Although definitely a guy movie, I think it is well worth the watch.
