There's that loss, but the gain is that the movie feels extremely real and is - as one person who saw the film said to me, 'I feel like I could go down the street and run into that Wolverine.' Meaning that this is in my world, not some shiny other world. 'The movie is trying to kind of take a step backward from that kind of spectacle, so that we get another kind of gain, you know. Everything is kind of as real as we can make it,' said Mangold.
And really, it doesn't get more operatic and highly-costumed than Mister Sinister. While speaking with CinemaBlend, director James Mangold revealed why Sinister wasn't used in the film even though some setup had been done in 'X-Men: Apocalypse.' Mangold says that the film is grounded in reality and avoids 'the kind of operatic highly-costumed, stroboscopic villainy' that's usually featured in superhero movies. But even with that confirmation, a report in October surfaced saying that Sinister wouldn't be featured in the film. The classic X-villain Mister Sinister was also pointed to in that scene, since the mystery men in suits worked for a company called 'Essex Corp.' Sinister's involvement in 'Logan' was then seemingly confirmed by 'Apocalypse' director Bryan Singer and writer Simon Kinberg.