<em>Logan</em> Is a Fitting Farewell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine
The comic-book icon rides into the sunset in grim, R-rated fashion—and it works.
If superhero cinema, in all its brand-focused, cineplex-dominating, sequel-heavy glory, is the definitive genre of Hollywood’s last decade, then surely Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is its biggest icon. The surly, muscle-bound, metal-clawed hero has appeared in countless X-Men films and spinoffs since his debut in 2000; in that time, the comic-book movie has evolved from genre sideshow to a chief pillar of many a film studio’s economy. It might sound trite to call Jackman’s work as Wolverine seminal, but it’s certainly hard to imagine anyone else in the role—a fact that gives , supposedly for the character, real oomph.
