Mangold’s final product does have its share of action and contains some common elements of comic book films.
Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold made Logan with the full intention of defying conventions of comic book and superhero films.
Logan may be a box office hit, but it certainly wasn’t made like one — and Mangold wanted it that way.
But ultimately, Logan is a refreshing outlier among a crowded field of standard exercises in superhero fare that fail to elevate themselves in ways that Logan did.