So, anyone who knows me, knows my hatred for Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. I need you to know that the Deadpool we see in the movies and read in the current comics is NOT the same as what Liefeld created! It wasn't until Daniel Way took over the character the he became the Wade Wilson that we know and love. So thank you Mr. Way!!!
This movie is slap-stick, action, drama, everything you want all rolled into one film. That is what you get when you have a passion project that gets the green light like this franchise was for Ryan Reynolds. I read once that years before the original Deadpool movie was being written, Reynolds was pushing to write and star in a live action film for the Flash. When he couldn't sell the idea, he made Green Lantern. Thankfully, Deadpool corrected that for us!!! Just make sure to watch the mid-credit scenes.
After having suffered a significant blow to his personal life, Deadpool becomes an X-Men trainee. While on a mission, Deadpool and company run into a fiery young mutant named Russell (Julian Dennison). Russell is in the midst of trying to escape an test facility run by the Essex Corporation (Mr. Sinister). After a bit of a tussle with Russell, Deadpool and Russell are captured and placed in a power dampening collar.
Enter Cable (Josh Brolin)!!! Cable is a time traveling badass on a mission to kill Russell before he becomes the killer that torches Cable's family in the future. The ensuing onslaught by Cable gives Wade and Russell the chance to escape their confines, although Russell is quickly recaptured.
Wade decides that he needs to form his own team in an effort to save Russell and stop Cable. Wade enlists the help of his trusty/cowardly friend Weasel (TJ Miller) to vet the applicants. The team is eventually made up of Shatterstar (Lewis Tan), Bedlam (Terry Crews), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgard), The Vanisher (Brad Pitt), Domino (Zazie Beetz), and the mustached, powerless neighbor Peter (Rob Delaney).
Surprisingly, the entire team, other than the lucky Domino, are killed, in hilarious fashion, at the beginning of the rescue mission. This leads into and awesome chase scene as Cable tries to kill Russell while he is being transported to a new facility. However, Russell has other plans! While Deadpool and Cable are beating the hell out of each other, Russell unveils his new friend, the Juggernaut!
After escaping the clutches of Cable and literally ripping Deadpool in half, the CG Juggernaut and Russell head out on a mission to kill the head of the research facility that held Russell captive for so long and did so many unspeakable experiments on him. Forced to team-up, Cable still is set on killing Russell, but agrees to give Deadpool a chance to save him before he makes his first kill.
With the help of Cable, Domino, Colossus (voiced by Stefan Kapicic), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), her new girlfriend Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), and Deadpool's trust cabbie Dopinder (Karan Soni), Deadpool is able to defeat the Juggernaut and convince Russell to spare the life of the headmaster (Eddie Marsan).
Unfortunately, Cable was made to use the last of his time-traveling fuel to win the day. Therefore, he is unable to return to his own time. Knowing that his family is now alive and well, he decides to remain in our time and help keep the future a good place.
I love the fact that Deadpool has NTW and Yukio fix Cable's time-traveling device so he can go back in time and fix mistakes. Things like the version of Deadpool from the Wolverine movie; our Deadpool shoots and kills him. We then see Deadpool assassinate Ryan Reynolds before he has the chance to play Green Lantern. We hear Wade exclaim that his is fixing the timeline, which makes me wonder if this is the lead in for having the mutants join the regular MCU?
This movie was so great!!! I loved all of the little references, cameo appearances, and poking fun at everything Reynolds could think of. I love how Reynolds keeps poking the Hugh Jackman/Wolverine bear. This is definitely not for the smaller kids, but anyone over 13 would really enjoy this! There is also a poke at Rob Liefeld for not being able to draw feet, which may make this my favorite film of all time! Maybe?
I will also say that every actor, other than maybe Brad Pitt, put in wonderful performances. So friendly to the source material. The interactions between Cable and Deadpool is making me crave seeing Deadpool alongside of Spider-Man or Wolverine. I'm salivating for a follow up film already! Such a fun film!!!!
The Brad Pitt cameo was amusing to me mainly because I was asking for the split second if in fact it was Brad Pitt and felt I got some bonus points when that ended up being the case with the credits.
ReplyDeleteI can't say this is better than the first movie, simply because the first movie was such a delightful shock to the system. We've come prepared this time and they did a great job here, but still not enough to surpass the original.
I do have to say that I am glad Ryan Reynolds has embraced this character as wholeheartedly as he has, because his range outside of this role is not all the great. Try to find a single role where he doesn't play it with the same level of snark. Even when he has done dramatic turns, I tend to see a glimmer of Deadpool in there, lol.
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