Logan’s Run - Reissue

Anyone who knows “Logan’s Run” (and if you are of a certain age, you definitely do) you don’t need a recap of the plot. But here is one just for the sake of completeness:

Sometime in the 23rd century...
the survivors of war, overpopulation and pollution
are living in a great domed city, sealed away from the
forgotten world outside. Here, in an ecologically balanced world,
mankind lives only for pleasure,
freed by the servo-mechanisms which provide everything.
There's just one catch:
Life must end at thirty unless reborn in the fiery ritual of Carousel.

Everyone in the dome has a lifeclock in their hands and at the age of 30 they die (though they all think they are being reborn.) Logan is a Sandman who hunts and kills those who try to run. When he discovers an Anhk the computer sends him on a new mission. By removing his remaining years, he is to go under cover as a runner himself. The only problem is now he is really running.



There is a lot of semi-nude scenes and the first appearance of Farrah Fawcett.



The original DVD was issued as a barebones early release and many fans were looking forward to a restoration. Unfortunately, very little if anything was improved. The print looks the same and the anamorphic quality doesn’t actually seem enhance much of the spectacle that was the cream of the sci-fi crop prior to the release of Star Wars the next year.

In short, this is more of a double dip than anything. Even the original artwork was better than the reissue.