Logan's Run [Blu-ray] [1976]

I remember this movie with it's well written storyline from some time ago. It's a movie you will not so quickly forget, with it's color and special effects and a very interesting story. You'll be cheering to the end of the movie. Well worth seeing!

Not a lot of movies these days trust in the intelligence of its audience. Logan's Run takes that leap: it doesn't overexplain the mechanics of its world. It drops you into the thick of things, and through the eyes of a Sandman, lets you discover along with him the truth and fiction of a world made entirely of young people. The film presents its sci-fi effects gleefully like a proud child. Some are dazzling like the "Carrousel" scene, with the multicolor audience and Cirque du Soleil-style acrobatics. Some...haven't aged as well, but maintain a level of charming cheese as you watch what is definitely a toy monorail model buzz through its mini scenery. The characters are also good...enough. Logan 6's motivations do seem odd and hard to completely follow (his genuine conversion to sympathize with runners occurs under our noses), and Jessica's curiosity and conspicuous independence from the beginning seem to dissipate until she's basically just Logan's female companion. But Michael York and Jessica Agutter are fine actors and sell the adventure anyway. (Farah Fawcett on the other hand...what was that about? Who decided to make her character a monosyllabic airhead caught in the headlights?)

An excellent early Sci FI movie before computerization with a great trio: Michael York, Jenny Agutter & Peter Ustinov. One of my old-time favorites to which Blu-Ray does credit. Where did they find all of those young, non-overweight extras? They would not find them today.

This film is a favorite of mine and is the best I have ever seen it. The Blu-ray is well done- colors are vibrant, people and objects are sharply defined and sound is very good. I am very pleased with this new Blu-ray upgrade. This sci-fi film still holds up well in my view. There is no CGI, but that is fine. The director, technicians, and crew had to use their wits and special creative skills to create the scary world of tomorrow where death comes to all on the carousel at the age of thirty! The people in the film believe that they have a chance to be "renewed" and live again. However, the computer that runs the whole city and controls the carousel is really killing all of the people who have reached the age of thirty. The computer controls every aspect of the people's lives- even reproduction as well as life and death. Michael York is a "Sandman"- a policeman who kills all "runners" on orders from the computerized system. He is designated to find what the runners call "Sanctuary"- which is supposedly outside their domed city. The trip out into the sunlight and the ruins of Washington, D.C. is interesting and well done from a cinematic point of view. The whole film is well done. Acting and direction are all excellent. Peter Ustinov was super as the old man! It was very good for me to see this old favorite film again. I recommend it to all people who want a sci-fi action drama that will also make you think.

I saw this film at the cinema in 1976 when it was released. At the time I thought it was amazing. It stars Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Farrah Fawcett-Majors. It takes place in 2274 after many disasters have driven people into a large Domed city. People live in a carefree hedonistic utopia where all of their needs are taken care of by computerized machines. Theres just one catch. You can't live past the age of 30. On your thirtieth birthday, you must Renew. That means being killed by high energy Lasers, only the people don't know this. If you don't renew and decide to become a runner, you are chased down and killed by Sandmen(York and Jordan). A series of events takes York and Agutter from the city to the outside remnants of Washington D.C. where they meet Old Man played by Peter Ustinov. If you want to know what really happens next watch the film.

While this is a dated movie, it's still a great story. No one thinks they will ever be a runner, until they become one. A great story with a good cast.

My wife and I both liked this movie from the 70's but had not watched it in many years. We decided to buy the Blu-ray version after confirming that it was a full 1080p remastering. We were generally not disappointed. There were a few long shots, most notably one of the city under the dome, where the remastering was poor or skipped completely. However, most of the movie looked superb on our 1080p TV. Scenes with closeups of Michael York and Jenny Agutter were very good. Although I have always considered this movie to be the first modern SciFi picture (I am talking about as a movie, not a story, and sorry 2001 fans, but that one, while certainly more of a classic, is just too 1960's), the pre-Star Wars special effects do not translate well to this century in any resolution. Still, the movie does have some great visuals. My wife does not like loud audio and I am no audiophile, so I do not have comments on the soundtrack at this time. Recommended for fans of the movie and for those who might enjoy watching what was state of the art four decades ago.

Logan is a Sand Man, someone who chases down people who refuse the Carnival, a time when your gem in your hand turns color, you turn 30 and it's time to die. Well Logan refuses this and is given an assignment to find a sanctuary for runners, he becomes the hunted instead. Along his journey his discovers truths that the government has hidden for years and that needed to be uncovered. Only thing is can he survive long enough and run fast enough before the other Sand Men put him to sleep? Recommended if you like original 70's Sci-Fi