Logan’s Last Stand – Logan
With Hugh Jackman adamant that it would be his final appearance as Wolverine after 17 years, we all knew that Logan was going to kill off the eponymous Adamantium X-Man. Even though we tried to prepare ourselves, the character’s final moments were still utterly gut-wrenching.
Some have criticized X-24, but the final fight is a clever metaphor for Logan’s own internal battles with his savage nature. It’s fitting that it’s this that kills him, but that he dies to protect the good part of him – his “daughter” Laura. Not only that, but “So that’s what it feels like” is the perfect final line for the immortal anti-hero who has finally run out of lives.
Though its moody tone, western influences and R-rated action are often applauded, Logan’s greatest strength is how it prunes away all the excess X-Men trappings to just tell a very human story about two old men and the young girl who brings them new hope. That’s why it’s so affecting when Logan plays hero one last time with, just as was predicted back in The Wolverine, “his heart in his hands”….