Logan's Run

Rating:
Summary: Very good, but not quite what it could have been
Review: LOGAN'S RUN is the story of a futuristic society where free sex is rampant and old age is non-existent. After environmental problems drive humanity into domed enclosures, death becomes mandatory at age thirty, accompanied by a moving ceremony. Of course, not all cooperate enthusiastically, and Michael York plays a Sandman, a member of a police-like organization that helps enforce the death-at-thirty rule. So, what happens when a Sandman closes in on thirty himself, and does feel ready to die? A quiet rebellion.


The special effects vary in quality greatly here, as the enclosed cities are extremely reminiscent of a mega-mall, but the ruins of Washington, D.C. are startlingly haunting and feasible, especially with a doddering Peter Ustinov rambling around like a post-apocalyptic Benjamin Franklin.


This movie is memorable and worth watching, especially for the premise and the outside-the-dome sequences.