Logan will serve as the last Wolverine spin-off starring Hugh Jackaman and Patrick Stewart and directed by James Mangold. (Photo : Facebook)
When Chinese moviegoers watch “Logan” when it premieres on March 3, the last Wolverine film would be shorter by 14 minutes than the original 137 minutes.
The lost 14 minutes are a brief nudity scene and several bloody and violent scenes cut by the China Film Bureau. In the U.S., the last appearance of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was rated R by the movie classification board which also pointed to “Logan’s” strong brutal violence and language, China.org reported.
Aging Wolverine
In the film, Logan loses his power and becomes aged, isolated and despondent. After playing the role of Wolverine for 17 years, Hugh Jackman says goodbye to the superhero in the last installment of the X-Men spin-off franchise. Besides Hugh Jackman, main stars of “Logan” are Patrick Stuart who reprises his Professor X role and Dafne Keen as Laura Kinney, or X-23, the clone daughter of Wolverine.
Despite the violence, “Logan” got good reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, the film directed by James Mangold received a 96 percent approval rating from 71 reviews. One common thread among the reviews is Hugh Jackman’s “gritty, nuanced performance in a violent but surprisingly thoughtful superhero action film that defies genre conventions.”
No Yellow Suit
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stuart would attend “Logan’s” China premiere on March 3. Even if the movie is Hugh Jackman’s last as Wolverine, he would not wear the signature yellow suit.
James Mangold said that he is aware that some fans are yearning to see Hugh Jackman wear the yellow suit. But he explained that Logan in the least narcissistic of all the superheroes. The director pointed out that superheroes who put on a special branded attire when they perform good deed do so to have some sort of trademarked claim and receive credit for what they did.
“Nothing seems less Wolverine-like than the desire to put on a trademarked outfit , particularly canary yellow, and kind of prance about doing good deeds and have people go, ‘Oh my God! It’s The Wolverine!’” Slashfilm quoted Mangold.
