
It's 2274, and on the surface, it all seems to be an idyllic society. Living in a city within an enclosed dome, there is little or no work for humans to perform, and inhabitants are free to pursue all of the pleasures of life. There is one catch however: your life is limited and when you reach thirty, it is terminated in a quasi-religious ceremony known as "carrousel". Some, known as "runners", try to escape their fate when the time comes, and it's the job of Sandmen to track... (Full plot summary below)
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It's 2274, and on the surface, it all seems to be an idyllic society. Living in a city within an enclosed dome, there is little or no work for humans to perform, and inhabitants are free to pursue all of the pleasures of life. There is one catch however: your life is limited and when you reach thirty, it is terminated in a quasi-religious ceremony known as "carrousel". Some, known as "runners", try to escape their fate when the time comes, and it's the job of Sandmen to track them down and kill them. Logan (Michael York) is such a man, and with several years before his own termination date, thinks nothing of the job he does. Soon after meeting a young woman, Jessica-6 (Jenny Agutter), he is ordered to become a runner and infiltrate a community outside the dome known as "Sanctuary" and to destroy it. Pursued by his friend Francis (Richard Jordan), also a Sandman, Logan and Jessica find their way to the outside. There, they discover a beautiful, virtually uninhabited world. Logan realizes that he must return to the dome to tell them what he's found and be set free.
Leave your thoughts about Logan's Run.
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrA numbing combination of sloppy writing, vulgar art direction, high school acting, and bungled special effects—in short, par for the course for venerable hack Michael Anderson. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertLogan's Run is a vast, silly extravaganza that delivers a certain amount of fun, once it stops taking itself seriously. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovIt still remains a very interesting and entertaining piece of classic science fiction cinema. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergAlways wondered what a 'cult film' is? Try this one. |
| IGNCindy WhiteTaken for what it is, Logan's Run delivers a fun ride and a glimpse at another era, even if it's probably not the time frame the producers had in mind. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyLogan's Run is less interested in logic than in gadgets and spectacle, but these are sometimes jazzily effective and even poetic. Had more attention been paid to the screenplay, the movie might have been a stunner. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsIf you can resist the urge to laugh, it's still a visually fascinating and provocatively entertaining film. |
| F5 (Wichita, KS)Jake EukerPre-Star Wars sci-fi; the events of the next year rendered it obsolete with record speed although there's a little more than usual here to enjoy. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewFundamentally, this is just further proof of Hollywood's untiring ability to reduce all science fiction to its most feeble stereotypes. |
| LYTRules.comLuke Y. ThompsonIt's a good story with a well-defined sense of jeopardy, and appropriate performances by York and Agutter, but my most major problem is that too much is unexplained. |