Logan's Run (1976)

Moving on with films from Blaine that I have yet to review, let's take a look at Logan's Run.

Plot: Set in the year 2274, the remnants of human civilization live in a sealed domed city, where a computer is used to take care of all life to the point where once people turn 30, they must undergo a ritual called "Carrousel" where they are to be "renewed. But not everyone is okay with this, and so they try to escape the ritual and are known as Runners and so this computer assigns Sandmen to kill them for defying the computer. One of the Sandmen, Logan 5, discovers a symbol of secret group where Runners find sanctuary. So the computer decides to assign Logan 5 to find the sanctuary and destroy it by adjusting his Lifeclock so that Logan 5 is forced to become a Runner so he can find the sanctuary.

In a way this film appears a little silly considering it's time, but that doesn't stop it from being good. Logan's Run gives us a well paced, dramatic action flick with pretty much everything that comes with it: down time for character development, chase scenes, fights, the whole deal. And it has something of a rather unique ethical moral about the concept of living long enough to grow old. It's better to see for yourself what I mean, but when you really think about it, the films message is something particularly different in comparison to most films. The rest of the elements of the film should either bother you too much, or otherwise be given a pass considering its time. While Logan 5 and Jessica 6 are nothing especially new in terms of main characters in an action film, you can still be invested what is happening to them to a degree. But the real things you can either be too distracted, or just ignore considering the time period are the effects and the costumes in the film. The effects, especially for the guns of the Sandmen where kind of goofy to me to the point where if makes sense that this was made less than a year before Star Wars: A New Hope. And all the colorful costumes that the people in this city wore, while having a little variety to them, where a little distracting in the extent where I couldn't help but think the shirts in Star Trek in a sense.

And that's my review for Logan's Run. It's really up to you as to whether or not you can look past the stuff where the film is sort of dated considering its time, but for me, I can look past those things enough to enjoy the film. It's a nice, action film that, despite whatever issues it has, has a nice story with a somewhat unique message to it that it's not a big action film, but it's still worth taking a look at and have a nice time watching.

Rating: 70%