Deadpool review

DEADPOOL:

A VULGAR, VIOLENT, AND MEAN-SPIRITED MARVEL COMICS MOVIE IN THE BEST WAYS!

By Nico Beland

Movie Review: **** out of 4

20^TH CENTURY FOX AND MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT

Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool

            Where do I start with this movie? After last year’s colossally disappointing Fantastic Four movie, 20^th Century Fox gives one more shot at adapting a popular Marvel Comics superhero into a movie. In an age where the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Avengers films seem to be the big superhero moneymakers, sometimes you want something a little different in your comic book entertainment that doesn't have the Mickey Mouse ears on it and while there's been plenty of superhero movies for adults before this, very few of them were as well-regarded or successful as more family-friendly, PG-13 comic book movies we get now. 

            So seeing how they “Supposedly” used Deadpool before in the 2009 X-Men prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds (National Lampoon's Van Wilder, The Proposal, Green Lantern) portraying the character, 20^th Century Fox decided to give Deadpool his own movie with Reynolds reprising the role. And wow, talk about the complete opposite of the X-Men Origins Deadpool, this Deadpool is cocky, arrogant, violent, egocentric, vulgar, fourth-wall breaking, always cracking one-liners, should I keep going? To put it simply, I loved every minute of this film and might even be among my favorite comic book movies.

            Parents and guardians of young children, I know a lot of you like to take your kids to see comic book movies, but HEAR THESE WORDS COMING OUT OF MY GODDAMN MOUTH! Do Not, I repeat DO NOT take your kids to see this one (Actually, take the kids to this one, everyone should see this movie)! That’s right, this is the first R-rated Marvel movie since 2008’s Punisher: War Zone and the first R-rated X-Men movie for good reasons.

            Unlike the child-friendly X-Men or Fantastic 4 movies, Deadpool makes gritty and darkly comical superhero entertainment popular again, it’s bloody, foul-mouthed, filled with lots of sex jokes, and of course those Fucking F-Bombs. On top of all that, it also has a strong story, surprisingly lovable characters, and even a few heartfelt moments woven into the ultra-violence and comedy. 

            The film follows Wade Wilson (Reynolds), who spends his time as a hired mercenary protecting teenage girls from stalkers. He soon meets the sexy, Vanessa Carlysle (Morena Baccarin-Firefly, Stargate SG-1, Gotham) and the two of them get together and have sex every Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays nobody really cares about. 

They’re just living an awesome life, until they discover that Wade has a supposedly incurable cancer, so they try to make the best of what he has left. In comes The Recruiter (Jed Rees-The X-Files, Hawkeye, Galaxy Quest) of the secret Weapon X program enlists Wade into the program to possibly cure his cancer and make him not just better, but better than better.

So after countless considerations and chats with his bartender friend, Weasel (T.J. Miller-How to Train Your Dragon 1 and 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Big Hero 6), Wade decides to go through the experiment being handled by Francis Freeman (Ed Skrein-Game of Thrones, The Transporter: Refueled) to remove his cancer and apparently become a superhero. At least that’s what The Recruiter tells Wade, but after the mutation serum is injected into Wade and several days of being tortured by Angel Dust (Gina Carano-Haywire, Fast & Furious 6, Extraction) to activate the mutation, Wade transforms into a hideous freak of nature that resembles Freddy Krueger’s face fucking a topographical map of Utah and an avocado having sex with an older, more disgusting avocado, as quoted by Miller. 

Wade suits up and becomes the foul-mouthed superhero, Deadpool, armed with ninja swords, firepower, a bad mouth, and constant fourth wall breaks to hunt down the bastards that deformed his face and possibly his sex life. On a quest for vengeance against Francis, Deadpool teams up with X-Men mutants, Colossus (Stefan Kapicic-24, The Brothers Bloom, Big Miracle) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), a superfast mutant who makes Sonic the Hedgehog look like a snail, to slaughter the bad guys and hopefully get back together with Vanessa. 

Overall, Deadpool knows exactly what it wants to be, a different type of superhero movie that doesn’t rely on any of the traditional comic book movie clichés and delivers a fun, energetic movie that’s worth multiple viewings, at least that’s what I got out of it. 

The movie did not disappoint, especially for a February comic book movie release, because this is usually the time where mediocre or just plain bad comic book movies are released. Remember the Ben Affleck Daredevil movie or the Nicolas Cage Ghost Rider movies? Yeah, those came out around this time, but fortunately for us, Deadpool shoots those motherfuckers down and gives us a thoroughly enjoyable February comic book movie release that doesn't fall victim to its predecessors' trappings. 

I'll admit it is a little strange to see the R-rated Deadpool take place in the more PG-13 X-Men universe especially with how different the tones are. The X-Men movies are more serious and tackles heavy themes like prejudice and here we have Deadpool slicing bad guys up and making wise cracks in the same universe. 

I don't know what else to say, I had such a great time with Deadpool and it gave me exactly what I wanted to see in a film based on this character. If you’re a fan of over-the-top action doused in blood and other adult-oriented comic book movies like The Crow, Sin City, Watchmen, or Kick-Ass, you’ll definitely enjoy this film, I loved it and I look forward to more viewings of it in the future. 

See it or I’ll cut your fucking head off, stab your friends with swords and make a kabob out of them! 

Take it away Pool!