LOGAN (2017)

Few actors are as synonymous with the roles they play as Hugh Jackman is with Wolverine. For 17 years, Jackman played Wolverine. So when finally hit theatres, it was no surprise that Jackman’s final outing as everyone’s favourite mutant was released to immense box office success. While is a captivating Hollywood piece of R-rated entertainment, the film’s true strength lies in its central message on the importance and necessity of fatherhood. In Logan, Logan’s tough persona is put to challenge by his loyalty for Charles Xavier (Patrick Steward) as well as his need to protect his daughter, Laura (Dafne Keen). He reluctantly accepts his duty, as Laura is an experiment like what he once was, who knows almost nothing about the world aside from killing. Throughout the X-Men films, Logan’s greatest weakness has always been attachment. Befitting considering that he has witnessed the death of the ones he loved (Multiple times considering the muddled timeline of the Fox Marvel universe). Yet in Logan, we find him fighting for his family in a fatherly way. In the character’s final cinematic chapter, we see Logan embracing his biggest fear, and it becomes his greatest source of strength.

Trivia: When Laura and Charles are watching Shane (1953), Charles mentions remembering seeing the film as a child in his hometown. This was entirely improvised by Sir Patrick Stewa , because Shane was one of the first memories he had at the theater as a child.