Marvel�s supernatural
Friday, March 17, 2017
Logan Poster
After 2016’s X-MEN APOCALYPSE, Marvel is at it again with yet another mutant flavoured blockbuster. The Wolverine story took yet another twist as the marvel comics released Logan this past weekend and fans of the Marvel supernaturals flocked cinemas with great anticipation and raging taste buds for the extraordinary human abilities. Well this featured film is the 10th installment from the X-men franchise that has grossed well over $4.627 billion according to box office and it is also the third from the Wolverine escapades, which date as far back as 2009 and 2013 from X-Men Origins: The Wolverine and The Wolverine respectively.
Worth noting is the fact that this 2017 Hugh Jackman driven rendition is a retcon edition. The story diverts from the previous two plots and now shapes up in a different context altogether. Well here is a teaser from the film’s concept; “In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces”.
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