Deadpool 2 Movie Review

Major spoilers are included in this movie review. Read with caution! You've been warned!

Hi there. Welcome to my second movie review. I am so happy to share with you my insights on this beautiful movie and to also share my love for the Merc with a Mouth: Wade Wilson/Deadpool. Let me say this before anything else: if you loved Deadpool 1, you'll love Deadpool 2.

It has more cameos, more jokes, more action, (lol) more characters, and even more controversy known as Fridging. While OG characters from the first movie are sidelined in the second half (Colossus, Negasonic insert rest here, Blind Al, Taxi Driver Dopinder, Weasel, and Vanessa), we are introduced to new characters (Cable, Domino, and Russell) and the X-Force. 

Ryan Reynolds plays the anti-hero with such style that it's hard to believe anyone else could possibly take up the mantle. Reynolds doesn't play Deadpool... Deadpool plays Reynolds.

While the first movie had a more basic love story, this sequel focuses more on a complicated "f-word" known as family and how Deadpool starts seeing what he has instead of what he lost. After Vanessa gets fridged in the first part of the movie, Wade goes into a sad spiral and wants to die to reunite with her.

I had mixed feelings about Vanessa's death to propel the movie forward into the fun second part. I felt she could've just broke up with him and the same effect could've paid off, especially if she was going to come back to life in the end (stay for post-credit scenes, they're hilarious).

Then again, the movie would've needed to find another creative outlet for the afterlife scenes. I did enjoy those for the most part. 

Cable, Russell, and Domino are amazing additions to the movie.

Russell surprised me for how big of a role he played... Deadpool views the kid as his second chance to do the right thing and thinks it's his answer to finally getting together with Vanessa in the afterlife. I loved Julian Dennison's performance and his stabs at the Studios for not casting plus-sized superheroes. We deserve role-models too! 

Cable, played by Josh Brolin, plays an antagonist for most of the film until Russell enlists the Juggernaut's help. This was a twist I hadn't expected, but this villain forces everyone to work together for the final part of the movie. We didn't get much of his background in this film, but we'll probably get more in future films.

An X-Force movie is approaching.

Speaking of that team, what a way to dismantle the entire squad in one go. The trailers teased us for months on their appearance and then they all die horribly because of a wind advisory warning. Poor Peter... Cable didn't even need to lift a finger against them.

Domino (Zazie Beetz) is a joy to watch and her dynamic with Deadpool was fantastic. When she carried him like a backpack (lol)... I'm glad she was the one who survived the X-Force massacre. She had a small connection to the overall plot, which makes her presence even more amusing based on her luck power.

One more thing I want to mention: the Queerness of it all. The Deadpool/Colossus bromance... let's call it what it is... romance! Colossus plays a good foil to the foul-mouthed Deadpool, and I'm glad they played out their story the way they did.

This also went hand in hand with Negasonic name-too-long and Yukio. Such a cute couple who contributed a good running gag (Hi Wade! - Hi Yukio!). This is such an easy way to include Queer characters and their romances without dragging the plot down. I hear "not contributing to the plot" is the main excuse for excluding LGBT but when did hetero-centric relationships contribute to the plot? Especially superhero plots?

Let's look into my Avengers Infinity War movie review and see if I mentioned how the Tony/Pepper romance was so essential to the plot it needed to be included.

Oh right... I didn't.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie for what it was. It had a lot of references to other properties, so strangely, you needed to go in with a lot of knowledge to catch them all. And if you hadn't watched Logan, I'm sorry if the beginning of the movie spoiled how Wolverine died. 

I liked the sequel better than the original, but I know a bunch of people prefer the original Deadpool movie. Comment and share how we're feeling about the latest superhero movie.

Next superhero movie coming in July: Ant Man and The Wasp!