Kitsu I was only 3 when this movie was made, so I didn't see it back in the day. The first movie I remember seeing was Star Wars episode IV, A New Hope. So I'm no stranger to 70s sci-fi. Actually, I've seen older sci-fi movies as well. That being said, I thought the majority of the special effects were pretty cheesy. The laser effects were pretty good, but that was about it. The story was also a bit too cheesy for my taste. I'd like to think that a culture so advanced would know better than to exterminate people at the age of 30. After the apocalyptic event (which they never mention specifically what it was) that destroyed the world, you would think people wouldn't do things even more foolish, but they do, apparently. The acting was, at times, rather mediocre. My whole reason for watching it was to understand references made of this movie in TV shows and other movies. Now the references make sense and that's all I wanted. Not planning to watch it again unless I'm bored out of my mind.

evanston_dad In a future world full of tacky decor and polyester, people are only allowed to live into their 30s before being done away with by Sandmen, guys with bad haircuts who chase people around and zap them. Some folks get chosen to participate in a ceremony during which they might get lucky and be allowed to live longer (I think) if they're not vaporized first. Why anyone wants to live past 30 is a mystery, since this version of the future looks like a gigantic shopping mall. Michael York is a Sandman who is sent undercover to find a bunch of runners, people who have escaped their fate. What he finds instead in a kind of "Planet of the Apes" reveal is a world outside of this hedonistic one where people are allowed to get old and enjoy all of the perks that come with that, like heart disease and hemorrhoids. This world is populated by Peter Ustinov, who mumbles lines from T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" before it was a Broadway musical and who deserved an Oscar for keeping a straight face while reciting any of his lines."Logan's Run" won a special achievement Academy Award for its visual effects, even though they look like they were rejected from a "Dr. Who" episode for not being good enough. It also received nominations for Art Direction and Cinematography, which can be explained by the fact that this was the 70s and everything was ugly anyway. It's pretty bad, and a nostalgia for cheezy, retro sci-fi will only take a modern-day viewer so far in overlooking its badness.Grade: C-

Hitchcoc I've always found Michael York a little spooky. I remember him from "Cabaret" and Zefferelli's "Romeo and Juliet," among other things. He is handsome but has an odd quality to him. In this film, he grows up in a society where people are living in a bubble. To sustain themselves, it was decided long ago that at thirty it was time for folks to die. It was also decided that there was no life outside the bubble. Logan (York) and Jenny Agutter come to realize that what appears to some to be a transition is actually an execution. They make their way to the other side, but things are not over yet. It becomes important to them to get the message back to their city to make people realize that there is a world where all could survive to old age if they were fortunate enough. What's a little hard to swallow is that a couple of renegades could wield so much power.

spencergrande6 Mostly pretty silly stuff. It really doesn't dig very deep into any facets of the situation other than, you know, dying at 30 kinda sucks and is like totally not fair man. The ending is a big question mark since the entire premise is invalidated: if there's not enough food how in the world are they all going to live forever in the outside world? In fact, much of what happens in this doesn't hold up to much scrutiny.The miniatures are terribly shot, the costumes cheesy, and the acting hammy, but it's still somewhat entertaining kitsch for the most part."Fish, and plankton, and sea greens, and protein from the sea." Hell yeah.