When Wolverine first appears in Logan, he’s graying and tired. His claws get stuck between his knuckles and have lost their snikt-sniktresponsiveness. He’s suicidal and he’s drinking too much, even for him. Guys he normally would have taken out with a quickness can get him on his back. He looks like shit—and because this is R-rated Wolverine, he can say so. Yes, everything you’ve heard is true.

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