Review: Deadpool 2

“Not quite as good as the first one, as this one is both simple, yet tries at times to be more and gets in its own way. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t an extremely funny film worth going to see”

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t wink at the camera, and then have a dramatic moment followed by a dark period of soul crushing character moments, only to wink back at the camera. You can’t be a pisstake and a serious film in the same breath. For me, this is where Deadpool 2 let itself down. The first one knew what it was. This one tries to hedge its bets a bit. When it doesn’t do this, it works really well.

Theres a bit too much mask off time in the movie.

There are a lot of laugh out loud moments in this film. There are also a number of not really that funny moments, however, the 14 year old boy sitting next to me was ready to laugh, regardless of whether or not a joke was said or not.

Deadpool 2 hits up the action, but much of it kind of wears thin by the second act. The comedy is on par with the original, but like Shrek 2, the jokes are a lot more about references, than actual jokes. Deadpool is again killed in some creative and interesting ways (not to mention violent), but sometimes it’s a little ‘been there, done that’.

We do extend some of the jokes, such as the X-Men jokes from the original. The film also regularly takes pot shots at both DC and Marvel, as well as Fox’s own franchises.

Josh Brolin, who is just comic-book movie gold right now, is a very good edition. Cable is interesting to watch in every scene, even if his character has very little story arc. None of the characters do to be honest. Zazie Beetz is great in the role of Domino, who has a fun super power that works really well in this universe.

Julian Dennison is fairly one note as Russell who Deadpool has to save. Other characters come and go, but Colossus is given more to do in this one and is entertaining.

Fox did well to not mess up the follow up to the first film, but there were signs that they could have easily slipped up, especially when the original director left.

2018 Year of Brolin

But overall, they pulled off an entertaining follow up, and whilst it’s not as good as the original, it still works on enough levels to make it an entertaining night out at the movies.

The five bearded questions:

1. Was it worth a cinema trip? Yes

2. Would I See It Again at the Cinema? Yes.

3. Would I buy it on Blu-ray: (only films I really love get bought these days) No 4. Do I Recommend people see it? Yes

5. Any cheese/ Disney style bullshit?: (such as jokes wedged in at serious moments, because fun!). No, just typical Deadpool jokes.