Logan's Run
A pleasure-obsessed future society turns its own enforcers into fugitives when one Sandman discovers the truth behind its ritual of renewal.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- campy
- propulsive
- escapist
- retro sci fi night
- dystopian double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film visually dazzling and entertaining despite campy elements, an underdeveloped plot, and uneven pacing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The domed city presents an idyllic pleasure-filled environment whose polished surfaces conceal mandatory termination and authoritarian control.
Logan begins as a Sandman enforcing the thirty-year limit before discovering that the society's central promise is a lie.
Citizens are terminated at thirty, while plastic surgery, pleasure culture, and the erasure of older generations define the city.
The escape from the enclosed city leads Logan and Jessica into a beautiful, virtually uninhabited exterior landscape.
Films like Logan's Run, and why
Soylent Green
dystopian science fiction, authoritarian social control, and a protagonist fleeing a technologically managed society
The Island
far-future science fiction adventure involving a controlled utopia, rebellion, and discovery of a hidden truth
THX 1138
stylized dystopian science fiction centered on escape from a repressive enclosed society and resistance to technological authority
Movie Details
- Director
- Michael Anderson
- Release Date
- 1976-06-23
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (1089)
Cast
- Michael York
- Richard Jordan
- Jenny Agutter
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Farrah Fawcett
- Michael Anderson Jr.
- Peter Ustinov
- Randolph Roberts
- Lara Lindsay
- Gary Morgan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Logan's Run about?
- A pleasure-obsessed future society turns its own enforcers into fugitives when one Sandman discovers the truth behind its ritual of renewal.
- What is Logan's Run like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Logan's Run as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Logan's Run violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Logan's Run as moderate.
- What did critics think of Logan's Run?
- Critics broadly find the film visually dazzling and entertaining despite campy elements, an underdeveloped plot, and uneven pacing.
- Which films are like Logan's Run?
- Films with a similar feel include Soylent Green, The Island, and THX 1138.
- How long is Logan's Run?
- Logan's Run runs 118 minutes.
- Where can I watch Logan's Run?
- In United States, Logan's Run streams on YouTube TV.
