Logan (James Mangold, 2017)

In the near future, an ageing Wolverine and Professor X, who now has crippling seizures, are hiding out after an event that has decimated the mutant population. But the sinister forces behind that aren't done yet, and sooner or later they are forced to go on the run, with a young girl in tow who has abilities like Wolverine's.
The action jacks up, of course, but this is very much darker than the costumed X-Men outings of late. It's really about mortality, and with Hugh Jackman having been in the role for 17 years now, he's weathered convincingly into a weakened, middle-aged version of the character who just wants to be left in peace. The character is really defined so much by his physicality unlike, say, James Bond, that it's quite compelling to see the change, and the harsh, elegiac tone of the film overall, for all its hyper-action, makes this basically one of the finer of the Westerns of recent years rather than just a mere superhero film.

7/10