Deadpool 2 movie spoiler review
When Deadpool 1 hit theaters it is safe to say that it made a sizable splash in the superhero genre and swore its way into the hearts of fans everywhere, and while some may disagree with me, the movie may have been very different from those before it, but Deadpool 1 wasn't the best film. It was bogged down by too much Wade Wilson and not enough Deadpool, and relied on raunchiness and gore to differentiate itself instead of the trademarked fourth wall breaking humor. Suffice to say, Deadpool 2 remedied that all for me, with a movie that rarely takes Deadpool out of the suit, gives a complex story filled with surprising heart, and crams more fourth wall gags than you could count. Deadpool 2 is a blast to watch, and here is a OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING before we continue.
Deadpool 2 begins by poking fun at the first film possibly, as Deadpool tells viewers that they will have to flashback to see how he ended up blowing himself to kingdom come (as reference to the several flashbacks that made up the first film); however, the flashback is limited to one five minute long montage that is a delight to watch as Deadpool faces off against several crime organizations. The flashback ends on a somber note though as his girlfriend, Vanessa, is shot and killed shortly after they decide to have a child. This is what spurred Deadpool attempt to kill himself, though his dismembered body is collected by Colossus and brought back to the X-Mansion. The death of Vanessa was one that shocked me, especially being so soon in the movie, but it was a touching scene and seeing Deadpool genuinely heart broken was hard to watch, especially when he declares to Colossus that he let the last person live that is responsible for her death: himself. This spurs the rest of the film, and Wade's journey as his ventures into the afterlife trying to reconnect with Vanessa guide him towards reaching peace himself. Before we leave the X-Mansion, we are giving another great joke by Deadpool questioning why there are no other X-Men there, and behind him we see the X-Men Apocalypse team quietly shutting the door to keep from being found.
Colossus, Deadpool, and Negasonic arrive on the scene of a young boy, Russel AKA Firefist, causing mayhem which Deadpool ultimately solves by trying to kill those responsible for abusing the boy. This squanders Colossus' attempts to make Deadpool an X-Men, and he is thrown in a mutant prison along with Russel. I will say right now, I though Russel was an awesome character. He was likable, pointed out how the superhero industry doesn't have many plus-sized superheroes, and given a good story through the movie while having some great gags like his "prison wallet" and pulling an imaginary rope to leave a scene. Deadpool insists that he and Russel are not friends, leading Russel to make the friendship of the maximum security mutant who is revealed later.
It is around this point that we are introduced to Cable, the time traveling cyborg played by Josh Brolin who is exceptional in this movie, providing the best straight man act to Deadpool that could be possible. He is dark, serious, and doesn't take any of Deadpool's crap. Seeing him on screen was great, and his fight scenes with Deadpool were very much the same. Cable anyways attacks the prison trying to get Russel, but Deadpool stops him and the two are launched from the building. This attack prompts the prison to transport all the mutants, which leads into possibly the best sequence in the entire film.
Enter X-Force, a whole bunch of idiots that I can't say I'm not a little disappointing in. We are giving a big scene introducing each one of them...and then they all jump out of the helicopter to parachute down onto the transport and die. Bedlam flies into the windshield of a bus, Shatterstar flies into helicopter propellers, Vanisher hits electrical wires, Zeitgeist falls into a wood chipper, and poor Peter is killed when trying to save Zeitgeist; being vomited upon by Zeitgeist's acidic vomit. It was a fun gag, but, I still would have enjoyed seeing them show off their powers at least a little bit, and my heart broke when Peter died. Domino ends up being the only surviving member and manages to hijack the transport, and let me also say that Domino is awesome in this film. She unfortunately is a little bit underdeveloped, but every scene she is in she stole it, and her power of luck manipulation was very, VERY cool. Cable of course shows up and faces off against Domino and Deadpool, and the scene ends with Russel unleashing the Juggernaut. This isn't X-Men: The Last Stand Juggernaut either, this is comic book giant Juggernaut who wrecks the transport and casually rips Deadpool in two before leaving with Russel to kill the headmaster of the orphanage Russel was abused in.
What followed was a very creepy scene in which we see Ryan Reynolds with a pair of toddler legs in the midst of his body healing itself. Cable shows up to the apartment and makes a partnership with Deadpool to stop Russel, revealing that in the future Russel becomes a villain after killing the headmaster and eventually kills Cable's family. The two of them then head out with Domino to stop Russel and the Juggernaut. Safe to say, it does not go well. Juggernaut easily beats the three of them until Colossus shows up to help Deadpool, granting us an awesome fight between the two in which Colossus learned from Deapdool and began to "fight dirty." Colossus, Negasonic, and the newly introduced Surge take down Juggernaut while Domino saves the orphans from the burning building and Cable and Deadpool face Russel. Deadpool takes a bullet for Russel when Cable tries to finish the kid, and Russel finally returns to the side of goodness in the wake of Deadpool's death, an elongated, comedic scene that ends with the merc with a mouth genuinely perishing, having put on a power dampener in an attempt to gain Russel's trust again.
What we get after that is a very sweet, touching scene between Wade and Vanessa in the afterlife where Wade's skin injuries were healed and the two are reunited for a short time. Vanessa tells him that it is not his time yet, and Wade accepts this and his fate to stay with his new family in the world of living. Cable uses his final time jump to go back and save Wade, and Wade, Cable, Russel, Domino, Colossus, Negasonic, Surge, and Dopinder leave the scene...after Dopinder runs the headmaster over with his taxi and satiates his lust for blood.
The post credit scene for the movie is pure gold, as Cable's time travel device is restored and Wade uses it to travel through the timeline and "fix" certain things. He goes back and saves Peter from dying along with Vanessa, then enters X-Men Origins: Wolverine where he kills the version of Deadpool from that movie, and finally Deadpool kills Ryan Reynolds before he could take the role in Green Lantern.
In the end, Deadpool 2 was very fun and did everything that I wish the first movie had done. It injected the film with the humor that I wanted the first to have: fourth wall breaking meta gags with the gore and raunchiness taking a backseat, the film also did away with flashbacks and kept Ryan Reynolds in the suit as much as possible, though the Wade Wilson scenes in this film were enjoyable when they happened. We got a much more complex story with a multitude of great action scenes, all while introducing a surprising amount of depth and emotional gravity that I didn't expect from Deadpool. There were some parts of the film that disappointed me, such as the near non-existence of Negasonic and Surge in the film, and the waste of the X-Force, but overall the movie is a great ride of jokes, action, and emotional gravity that kept me engaged from beginning to end; and has me looking forward to Deadpool's next outing, whether it be Deadpool 3 or a X-Force movie, and I firmly believe that Deadpool 2 is better than the first film in every aspect.
Deadpool 2 begins by poking fun at the first film possibly, as Deadpool tells viewers that they will have to flashback to see how he ended up blowing himself to kingdom come (as reference to the several flashbacks that made up the first film); however, the flashback is limited to one five minute long montage that is a delight to watch as Deadpool faces off against several crime organizations. The flashback ends on a somber note though as his girlfriend, Vanessa, is shot and killed shortly after they decide to have a child. This is what spurred Deadpool attempt to kill himself, though his dismembered body is collected by Colossus and brought back to the X-Mansion. The death of Vanessa was one that shocked me, especially being so soon in the movie, but it was a touching scene and seeing Deadpool genuinely heart broken was hard to watch, especially when he declares to Colossus that he let the last person live that is responsible for her death: himself. This spurs the rest of the film, and Wade's journey as his ventures into the afterlife trying to reconnect with Vanessa guide him towards reaching peace himself. Before we leave the X-Mansion, we are giving another great joke by Deadpool questioning why there are no other X-Men there, and behind him we see the X-Men Apocalypse team quietly shutting the door to keep from being found.
Colossus, Deadpool, and Negasonic arrive on the scene of a young boy, Russel AKA Firefist, causing mayhem which Deadpool ultimately solves by trying to kill those responsible for abusing the boy. This squanders Colossus' attempts to make Deadpool an X-Men, and he is thrown in a mutant prison along with Russel. I will say right now, I though Russel was an awesome character. He was likable, pointed out how the superhero industry doesn't have many plus-sized superheroes, and given a good story through the movie while having some great gags like his "prison wallet" and pulling an imaginary rope to leave a scene. Deadpool insists that he and Russel are not friends, leading Russel to make the friendship of the maximum security mutant who is revealed later.
It is around this point that we are introduced to Cable, the time traveling cyborg played by Josh Brolin who is exceptional in this movie, providing the best straight man act to Deadpool that could be possible. He is dark, serious, and doesn't take any of Deadpool's crap. Seeing him on screen was great, and his fight scenes with Deadpool were very much the same. Cable anyways attacks the prison trying to get Russel, but Deadpool stops him and the two are launched from the building. This attack prompts the prison to transport all the mutants, which leads into possibly the best sequence in the entire film.
Enter X-Force, a whole bunch of idiots that I can't say I'm not a little disappointing in. We are giving a big scene introducing each one of them...and then they all jump out of the helicopter to parachute down onto the transport and die. Bedlam flies into the windshield of a bus, Shatterstar flies into helicopter propellers, Vanisher hits electrical wires, Zeitgeist falls into a wood chipper, and poor Peter is killed when trying to save Zeitgeist; being vomited upon by Zeitgeist's acidic vomit. It was a fun gag, but, I still would have enjoyed seeing them show off their powers at least a little bit, and my heart broke when Peter died. Domino ends up being the only surviving member and manages to hijack the transport, and let me also say that Domino is awesome in this film. She unfortunately is a little bit underdeveloped, but every scene she is in she stole it, and her power of luck manipulation was very, VERY cool. Cable of course shows up and faces off against Domino and Deadpool, and the scene ends with Russel unleashing the Juggernaut. This isn't X-Men: The Last Stand Juggernaut either, this is comic book giant Juggernaut who wrecks the transport and casually rips Deadpool in two before leaving with Russel to kill the headmaster of the orphanage Russel was abused in.
What followed was a very creepy scene in which we see Ryan Reynolds with a pair of toddler legs in the midst of his body healing itself. Cable shows up to the apartment and makes a partnership with Deadpool to stop Russel, revealing that in the future Russel becomes a villain after killing the headmaster and eventually kills Cable's family. The two of them then head out with Domino to stop Russel and the Juggernaut. Safe to say, it does not go well. Juggernaut easily beats the three of them until Colossus shows up to help Deadpool, granting us an awesome fight between the two in which Colossus learned from Deapdool and began to "fight dirty." Colossus, Negasonic, and the newly introduced Surge take down Juggernaut while Domino saves the orphans from the burning building and Cable and Deadpool face Russel. Deadpool takes a bullet for Russel when Cable tries to finish the kid, and Russel finally returns to the side of goodness in the wake of Deadpool's death, an elongated, comedic scene that ends with the merc with a mouth genuinely perishing, having put on a power dampener in an attempt to gain Russel's trust again.
What we get after that is a very sweet, touching scene between Wade and Vanessa in the afterlife where Wade's skin injuries were healed and the two are reunited for a short time. Vanessa tells him that it is not his time yet, and Wade accepts this and his fate to stay with his new family in the world of living. Cable uses his final time jump to go back and save Wade, and Wade, Cable, Russel, Domino, Colossus, Negasonic, Surge, and Dopinder leave the scene...after Dopinder runs the headmaster over with his taxi and satiates his lust for blood.
The post credit scene for the movie is pure gold, as Cable's time travel device is restored and Wade uses it to travel through the timeline and "fix" certain things. He goes back and saves Peter from dying along with Vanessa, then enters X-Men Origins: Wolverine where he kills the version of Deadpool from that movie, and finally Deadpool kills Ryan Reynolds before he could take the role in Green Lantern.
In the end, Deadpool 2 was very fun and did everything that I wish the first movie had done. It injected the film with the humor that I wanted the first to have: fourth wall breaking meta gags with the gore and raunchiness taking a backseat, the film also did away with flashbacks and kept Ryan Reynolds in the suit as much as possible, though the Wade Wilson scenes in this film were enjoyable when they happened. We got a much more complex story with a multitude of great action scenes, all while introducing a surprising amount of depth and emotional gravity that I didn't expect from Deadpool. There were some parts of the film that disappointed me, such as the near non-existence of Negasonic and Surge in the film, and the waste of the X-Force, but overall the movie is a great ride of jokes, action, and emotional gravity that kept me engaged from beginning to end; and has me looking forward to Deadpool's next outing, whether it be Deadpool 3 or a X-Force movie, and I firmly believe that Deadpool 2 is better than the first film in every aspect.
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