Deadpool & Wolverine. Where to start? It is like bagging feathers in a windstorm trying to explain how this movie moves from one scene to another. The most anticipated Marvel film since Iron Man 3 is now on the big screen. Bolder, bigger, ruder, raunchier, graphic, and funnier than imagined.
What at times feels more like a Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) video podcast, the mouth of Marvel trash talks his way through two hours of carnage; physical and verbal both. Thankfully Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is there to break the word train and punch some sense into this plot.
Shawn Levy directs and co-wrote this. Though not a name you general think of in the MCU, he and Ryan Reynolds have a past for sure. Levy directed The Adam Project and Free Guy, both of which starred Reynolds. They certainly get each other by now.
Basically, the world is going to end and teaming up will save it all. The rest I would rather not talk about or spoil. The jokes are rapid fire and the 4th wall almost non existent. Deadpool chats with the viewing audience almost as much as his on screen partners. They probably appreciate the break.
You will laugh until you cry at this one IF – and this is a big IF – you like the sarcastic, one-liner, never serious Ryan Reynolds. It isn’t just Deadpool that Ryan saves this personality for. We get it in almost every Reynolds character. I personally like it and find it funny. Others will be exhausted – as Wolverine is during much of this film – by the Deadpool banter.
What really elevates the hilarity is the fun poked at 20th Century Fox who has always had the rights to the X-men properties. Every wonder why Wolverine and Captain America never hang out? This is why. I appreciate how we get so much Marvel and Avenger chatter in this one. So much of what Deadpool has the sacks to say, so many of the MCU fans have thought at one time or another. It feels like validation in some ways.
During this crazy adventure Marvel Comic fans will drool all over their Milk Duds at the cameos, special guests, and action sequences. My hope is that everyone gets to see it for the first time on the big screen, with no prior spoilers. If any movie needed a hush hush on content it is this one. If Ryan can keep his mouth shut, we all should be able to.
Do you need any prior Marvel knowledge going into this one? Not to enjoy the humor. If you want to understand some of the plot points it would be good to have watched the earlier Deadpool films, Logan, and at least one season of Loki. If you just want to go for the crude humor and bloody battles, that is fine too.
Also, be sure and stay for all the credits. There are some special moments in there you don’t want to miss.
Deadpool & Wolverine is rated R (shocking) for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references.
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