2018 was not a good time for Deadpool (at least he has
one in this installment, although “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” has been
referenced before). On the “sacred timeline” The Avengers are assembling to
fight Thanos and they need everyone. Almost everyone. In the typical Deadpool way,
the films starts with “I guess you’re wondering how I ended up here.” He’s
digging the grave of Logan, aka Wolverine, in his final resting place at the
end of “Logan.” How did Deadpool end up trying to Wolverine, the main X-Men out
of his grave and why? This is a result of the Fox/Disney merger and Ryan
Reynolds’ Deadpool not being as Disney friendly as other superheroes.
Somewhere in the multiverse, Deadpool has not been
living very well. He’s working with Peter, played by Rob Delany, selling cars
and has hung up the suit for good. Vanessa, reprised by Morena Baccarin, has
moved out. He believes he doesn’t matter. This was before the merger, and you
will see plenty of explanations about that.
Wade Wilson is depressed but pretends everything is
okay. He still has his friends as he’s sharing his apartment with Blind Al,
reprised by Leslie Uggams. On his birthday attended by Peter, Negasonic Teenage
Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), her girlfriend Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), Colossus
(Stefan Kapicic), Shatterstar (Lewis Tan), and others, he gets a knock on the door
from some TVA agents and believes they have been called for some dirty party
acts. However, they’re there to take him to Mr. Paradox, played by Matthew
MacFadyen, a Time Variance Authority bureau chief with a desire for preventive
dimension pruning.
Deadpool’s hilarious R-rated comedy action has been a
huge success. A lot of that has to do with Ryan Reynolds and his commitment to
the act both on and off screen. That included a fake rivalry with good friend
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and a team up that was expected despite Wolverine’s
adamantium corpse being what was left of the Fox X-Men Franchise. Not to worry,
the multiverse and “Loki” introduced TVA are here to save the fans.
To say “Deadpool & Wolverine” had a story would
not be saying enough. The set up is Wade Wilson’s dimension is about to get
pruned but if he plays nice, he at least will have a future which includes
being with Thor. As his timeline has lost Wolverine, he must accept they’re
finished. No exactly. Wade is going to find another Wolverine and fix
everything.
Shawn Levy, who has worked with both Hugh Jackman and
Ryan Reynolds in the past, is a great comedy director, and as expected, “Deadpool
& Wolverine” is a comedy. Even the action scenes are like extended comedy
skits. They’re blood-filled but the first thought is to laugh and not be
impressed by the choreography. Nadine Whitney said in her review, “With “The
Worst Logan” located Deadpool and Wolverine end up in ‘The Void’ (another Loki
reference) where useless superheroes and it seems entire Marvel universes get
sent to stop bothering the sacred Disney timeline.”
There are two villains. Whitney said, “Cassandra Nova
(Emma Corrin) Charles Xavier’s mummudrai twin who rules over The Void, and Mr
Paradox – essentially an out-of-control middle management efficiency expert who
can easily be described as a studio accountant. Do either of them pose a
palpable threat? Not particularly. Nova’s plan is some universe (multiverse)
ending palaver but it’s unlikely anyone is coming to Deadpool & Wolverine
for actual stakes. The audience turns up for the scatological humour, the
irreverent pokes at pretty much everything, and the buddy comedy where Hugh
Jackman manages to keep up an impressive scowl and straight man routine for the
runtime.”
Fan service is expected, and the movie delivers sporadically
despite intentionally making fun of people who are fans. The lack of hatred
with Ryan Reynolds’ jokey character, or maybe equal opportunity hatred, is what
keeps everything fun. Reynolds and Jackman make jokes about themselves. There are
two real-life divorce jokes. Blake Lively gets mentioned. Hugh’s Broadway
career. A lot of jokes about Canada and how Hugh is not Canadian so why is he
the best mutant from Canada. Also, so many cameos which would make a typical
MCU film good.
Whitney said, “Deadpool & Wolverine almost hermetically
seals itself from the standard criticism any superhero movie gets by blatantly
pointing out it knows it’s doing the things people want and don’t want from
them. People who were exhausted by the MCU and the interconnected nature of the
multi-movie soap opera now get a new level of references which go back as far
as… well to say which films would be a spoiler in itself but assume you might
need to have prior knowledge of the Fox Marvel properties.”
Is “Deadpool & Wolverine” a “good” film? I think
so and it is a friendly film which knows how insanely silly the ongoing comic
book franchise are and makes the audience laugh at it and themselves which
being given so many Easter eggs only the Marvel fanbase that has been following
along since the beginning will get.
If the audience will enjoy the film and accept and
embrace the comedy action they are just as responsible for what they’re seeing
as the companies who own these properties, then everyone is going to have a
good time.
As you can guess, this is the funniest of the Deadpool
movies. The comedy, action, writing, pacing, the working off of the two leads,
the cameos, Easter eggs, the twists, even the humanizing moments were all
great. You should definitely go to the theaters to see this because you will be
uproariously laughing at it like I was. There was a part where a person in the
audience hollered, which I will not spoil. There is an after-credits scene that
will have you laughing. I give this a solid 10 as it is another one of my favorite comic book films. I can’t wait to see what the MCU’s future holds for
Deadpool and the X-Men.
Thank you for joining in on this review tonight. Stay
tuned to see what I will review next month.
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