Logan, the film, could not be only action and angst but it had to finish. Logan, our apathetic hero, is vain and vagabond but clearly had to show humility at some point. This pending clash of story and attitude of character kept challenging each other to stabilize into a film that we didn’t even know could be this good.

The dusty southern border, home base for our protagonist, exhibits the desolate near future. We find the troublesome pupil caring for the aging and surly Professor X (Stewart) and their isolated tin can hideout is a revealing glimpse of the current state of mutantkind. We then meet Laura (Keen) and the narrative turns.

Laura and Logan (Jackman) interact in much the same manner as Logan and the Professor; salty but caring and extremely humorous. Both equally insubordinate and arrogant yet flawed and dependent, they create some of the most memorable moments in series history. And there were no subtitles because they were unnecessary. This relationship dominates as their story bates our attention as sinister Pierce (Holbrook) draws near.

Logan claws into the Film Clas elite, putting an ‘X’ through 4.83 napkins out of 5 with a gifted final scene.