Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction action film[5] directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. The screenplay by David Zelag Goodman is based on the 1967 novel Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It depicts a utopian future society on the surface, revealed as a dystopia where the population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing everyone who reaches the age of 30. The story follows the actions of Logan 5, a "Sandman" who has terminated others who have attempted to escape death and is now faced with termination himself.
A intriguing premise let down by poor direction, and absurd plotting.
There's a follow up TV series (I've not seen it but the clips look dire) and persistent talk of a re-make.
It's reputation is overshadowed by being the movie released in the last year BSW (before Star Wars).
Every frame of this movie underlines the point about how much Star Wars changed movies.
Personally I think the ultimate message of this is "you can live on past 30 because... freedom" is unthought out and is very dissatisfying.
Why was the 30 death limit established? The story ignores this question. (Like Fahrenheit 451 ignores the question about why the books are being burned.)
ABM Rating 1.1/3
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