Hugh Jackman graces the Berlinale red carpet for the ‘Logan’ premiere

Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, İKSV Premieres brings the new X-Men film “Logan” onto the silver screen on February 28 at Cinemaximum City’s Nişantaşı. In the 17 years since, the movies in which that character has appeared have had highs and sadly many lows, but one can not argue that Jackman’s appeal as Wolverine has never faded.

“It didn’t really register until about halfway through the conversation that [Hugh] had to approve me being in the film. then it became a chain reaction where everybody had to approve me up and down the ladder at Fox, showing the size of this project.”

There was always one more dialogue re-recording session or conversation to have with his director.

Hugh Jackman as an aged Wolverine in 2017’s Logan.

Patrick Stewart says: ” In a sense, it’s not hard for me [to take back the role] because Charles Xavier is part of me”.

But when he is accosted by a desperate woman begging for help with a young girl, one who is being hunted by mercenaries, the former X-Man may well find something to live for or possibly die for. The MCU should take note. This is not a movie where we debate which side Magneto is on…finally. If you have any connection to the X-Men franchise in any capacity, Logan is an experience you’ll want to have in theaters.

Stewart, who already shares the Charles Xavier role with James McAvoy (who plays the character’s younger incarnation), said that as a classically trained Shakespearean actor, he believed performers invariably develop an attachment to their best-known roles.

The story is set in the future where “Logan” played by Jackman will be taking charge of caring for the Professor who is not well.

What is different, though, is Logan’s approach to the superhero genre. Wolverine’s claws have never been so sharp and deadly as they are here, with his adamantium appendages severing limbs, impaling skulls, and perforating rib cages with bloody abandon.

For the record, this is an even more grounded adventure than the 2013 outing.

Logan is based on a Marvel comic series about the ageing Wolverine called Old Man Logan published in 2008.

Showing he is far from a diva, the movie star held his own bags in hand and sported a leather backpack over his shoulders. You simply don’t get that depth of engagement in a superhero movie.

Either way, the reviews are terrific (if not without their concessions in some cases), so fans can rest easy that Hugh Jackman’s final time up to bat as Wolverine has been done solid justice. When I spoke with him recently, Mangold made sure to emphasize that nothing was officially in the works for the character at this point in time. Grant and newcomer Dafne Keen. And there is an undeniable poignancy in this grim and somber tale of a former superhero withering away in impoverished obscurity, left with nothing but regret and grief. It’s something no-one could have expected: a creatively risky superhero movie. Hell, you don’t get it in most movies, period.

Directed by James Mangold, his second X-film after 2013’s The Wolverine, Jackman’s last outing as Wolverine is the gloriously, unrelentingly, shockingly violent conclusion to a saga that’s lasted for nearly two decades. Logan is perfectly paced, visceral and a attractive ode to three fan-favorite characters. “Perhaps it’s just the novelty, but that explicit violence and salty language (Professor X turns out to be quite the potty-mouth as well) adds a bit of much-needed fizz to the Wolverine sub-franchise”.