A listless Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his home world faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to combat a threatening enemy, Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin). As the two heroes combat each other in their respective reluctance of teaming together, their world, as they know it, starts to crumble around them. So, do they mend their ways, or continue to see their world crumble even more?
Others to round out the cast are Matthew McFadyen as Mr. Paradox, Rob Delaney as Peter , Chris Evans as Johnny, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Aaron Stanford as Pyro, Tyler Mane as Sabretooth and Karan Soni as Dopinder.
This was directed with humor, grit and tons of action by film veteran, Shawn Levy (""Address Unknown" '97, "Just in Time" '97, "Big Fat Liar" '02, "Just Married"'03, "Cheaper By the Dozen" '03, "The Pink Panther" '06, "Night at the Museum" '06, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" '09, "Date Night" '10, "Real Steel" '11, "The Internship" '13, "This is Where I Leave You" '14, "Night at the Museum" Secret of the Tomb" '14, "Free Guy" '21, "The Adam Project" '22) plus TV, many TV movies, a music video and a short. Even though this filmmaker typically gravitates toward the comedy genre, he has been able to transition to action with a comedic flavor with relative ease, which makes him more marketable, as with this film. Per his resume, he certainly knows his way around a big-budget film, hence his 'Night at the Museum' franchise. And the fact he is versed at handling franchises, he was a perfect director for this. He certainly was able to bring his characters, especially that of Deadpool and Wolverine over-the-top in tour-de-force performances of both actors. It was interestingly written by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells and Shawn Levy, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. After seeing this film, and delving into the research on these writers, I have concluded that the screenplay should've been written only by Reese and Wernick, considering their vast amount of experience. The others have some theatrical experience, however not as much. This was a clear issue of too many hands in the pot. Although the premise was an interesting one, definitively, the execution was simply too disjointed and meandered in many places. The story could've been based on Reynolds, Wells and Levy, but usually a film written by more than two writers typically becomes convoluted and confusing. Also, considering there were a number of time paradoxes and multiple universes involved, made it equally confusing. A film truly needs to have a seasoned writer (or two) to comprise solely the writing. Disney and Marvel Studios clearly needs to learn from this. Think "Dr. Strange: Multiple Universes", which was horribly written. The best part of the writing was that the writers made this film in a, sort of, parody referencing to Disney and Marvel within the confines of the script which made it tolerable. And, last but not least, the four-letter expletives were aplenty--way too gratuitous. Every other aspect of the film was great--photography, editing, sound, visuals, stunts, costumes, etc. And the visual effects predominantly designed by ILM (Industrial, Light & Magic) were seamless as they typically are.
If you like either of these characters or even the 'comic book' genre, you'll revel, but if you're looking for more, this is a bit disappointing. I certainly wish the best for Reynolds who starred, co-wrote and co=produced this, however, not sure, through word-of-mouth this will do well. The demographic for this film fare is the 18-34 year-old demographic, so who knows, it could still fare well. If you like that up, close and personal feel, this is presented in an IMAX format as well.
Out of 4 Stars: 2 Rated: R 128mins.
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