Deadpool & Wolverine

Written & Directed by: Shawn Levy

Written by: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells & Ryan Reynolds

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) has been told, by the TVAs Mr Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen) his world is going to be destroyed after the death of its anchor being, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), via Paradox’s Time Ripper machine. But this being a world of multiverses Deadpool figures he can find himself a Wolverine to step in and save his timeline. However, the only one he can find is the worst version. The job is made harder when Paradox casts them into the void, a Mad Max looking, cameo heavy  world full of the lost “Fox” universe, which is under the control of Cassandra Nova(Emma Corrin). The boys need to escape the void, destroy the Time Ripper and save Deadpool’s world.

The first Deadpool outing under Marvel is a bit of a mixed bag. Overall it’s fun, it retains the things you want. Self referential humour, comedically bloody fight scenes with entertaining ways to kill and maim and its “adult” language and great soundtrack. But it also suffers in a way its predecessors hadn’t with the weight of the MCU dropped on it. It has to juggle not only its own story history, but also has to add other MCU properties. For someone like me, who knows the MCU  but not in detail, I sometimes get taken out of the story by the feeling of there are links I should know but don’t. Because of it the storytelling then feels a bit slow.

But there is still plenty to enjoy. Reynolds and Jackman have fun, with plenty of humour and occasional bits of heart. There are gratuitous cameos. Chris Evans, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes to name a few. McFadyen hams it up as Paradox and Emma Corrin enjoys it as Cassandra.

Overall as a bit of Marvel entertainment, even with the reservations, it is what it should be, fun.

It’s probably the Deadpool I enjoyed the least and can feel slow. But that said, there is plenty to enjoy. Reynolds and Jackman are great together. The humour and gratuitous comic book action is there as is a great soundtrack. It’s not perfect, but still fun.