Logan's Run

Logan's Run (1976)
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Ustinov
Memorable Line: "Run, runner!"

There are some memories and movies best left to the past and Logan's Run us one of those.

It's the 23rd Century and the people of the future are living a Utopian existence. All their needs are met -- they don't work and pleasure is at the center of the culture. The only drawback is the no lives past 30. Set into place for as long as these people can remember is the idea that at 30, they can go to a ceremony and "renew" into a new life, but underneath it all is a sinister truth. Some who reach 30 don't want to risk the ceremony and they try to run. It's the job of a sandman -- futuristic policeman -- to track down and eliminate these runners.

Logan-5 (York) and his partner, Francis-7 (Jordan), are Sandmen who are perfectly happy until Logan-6 is assigned by the master computer that oversees the operation of the city to find "sanctuary." Logan hooks up with a young woman,Jessice-6 (Agutter) and together they have to run and find their way to the secret of sanctuary.

The bottom line with Logan's Run is that it is really dated -- and not in a kitchy, funny way. The sets, the special effects and the miniatures are all terribly dated and unconvincing. To add to the problems, most of the acting is stilted and the script is full of contrivances and bad dialog.

I had hoped that I would travel down memory lane and enjoy a past treasure, but Logan's Run turned out to be best left to memory.