This, on the one hand, is a sequel to the "X-MEN" film series that has huge events happen off screen in between the previous films and itself. On the other hand, it doesn't have too many things to deal with, and has a simple story that's easy to follow. But that simple story only works for two thirds of the runtime and the third act is a failure.

The harsh reality and the violence "Logan" is bold enough to have on screen go hand in hand both in the beginning and in the middle of the plot, but in the big finale, the plot twists and becomes complicated, and the elements it has to deal with get out of hand, stop making sense, raise questions, ruin what realism there was, and all that's left is the violence.

Director James Mangold had a strong third act in "The Wolverine" from 2013, and the rest of the runtime was boring because the movie couldn't handle the big material it had to deal with until things were clear and simple enough for the big final showdown. There was also a little prologue in that movie that did work, but again, that was just a handful of minutes and they were someone's memory. Here, the big picture is the opposite. It is the big final showdown that can't handle the material it deals with, here, the parts of the film that do work are the ones that didn't in "The Wolverine", the beginning and the middle. Fortunately, one failed piece out of three does not necessarily ruin the whole picture, but it does not make it good, either. Not when it's the finale.