I have always heard about this movie but I finally got around to watching this movie this weekend. I actually really like cheesy science fiction movies and this one was pretty good. Considering that this movie was made in 72', the special effects were probably amazing at the time. There were several scenes where I wondered how they pulled off the effects.If you like sci-fi B-movies such as "The Battle Beyond the Stars" and "Ice Pirates" then you will like this movie. It is interesting to see what people thought the future would look like in the 70's. If you like that 70's movie feel th this is the movie for you. Here are some reviews by movie critics:
Roger Ebert gave the film a three star rating, calling the film a "vast, silly extravaganza", with a plot that's a "cross between Arthur C. Clarke's The City and the Stars and elements of Planet of the Apes, but "that delivers a certain amount of fun."
The New York Times was less positive:
“Just why and for what particular purpose Logan makes his run is anything but clear after you've sat through nearly two hours of this stuff. Logan'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.”
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Gene Siskel gave the movie no stars and called it "the worst major motion picture in seven years of reviewing films." Siskel cited what he believed to be "cheap special effects" and "terrible performances with the exception of Peter Ustinov, whose cameo is expanded to a ridiculous length because he is the only decent thing in the movie." Siskel stated his contempt for the film began in the opening scroll with information about the Carrousel and "a half dozen or so other facts but I'll be damned if I could read them in the time allotted so already the audience is angry with the picture."
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