James Mangold has given us the best Wolverine story told onscreen, hands down. Read the full article on AICN Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Let's get the hyperbole out right up front. Logan is not only the best X-film to date it's also my current favorite film of 2017, period. I was expecting the movie to be well made and badass just by virtue of James Mangold's involvement, but I wasn't expecting it to be so emotionally compelling. Mangold had a few big bullets going into this one, the biggest of which was Hugh Jackman's investment in making this movie as boundary pushing and brutal as possible.