Deadpool about to save Marvel - Movie Review
TweetMOVIE REVIEW: Hallelujah! "Deadpool and Wolverine" not only restores the Marvel Cinematic Universe to former glories last seen, to be brutally honest, with Avengers Endgame, but it also gets the blend of super-hero drama and irreverent silliness right ... to great relief.
Ever since Taika Waititi raised the Thor franchise to unprecedented heights with "Thor: Ragnarok", then almost ruined the entire MCU when with a far more carefree and careless hand he reduced "Thor: Love and Thunder" into an embarrassing mockery of a potentially acceptable movie, fans have no longer awaited new Marvel movies with baited breath.
While DC stupidly has gone for gritty (they're super hero movies FFS), Marvel had a great handle on the balance of serious and wink-to-the-audience.
The blurring of those lines and descent into the worst of "woke" has ended the era of "must rush to see" new MCU contributions.
But the relentless hype and good-natured and often hilarious banter of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the press build to their returns in the respective roles of Deadpool and Wolverine reignited that missing passion and made it a compelling lure.
Trust this. This one will be a box office smash hit, and deservedly so.
The plot is solid and the events as they unfold in helping this duo form a team are highly entertaining.
A third movie about the "merc with a mouth" always ran the risk of too often breaking the fourth wall but they got the balance right.
Committed followers of the MCU, or of these two specific characters, will love how they are portrayed this time around.
Sure, there's a fair amount of blood and gore as you'd expect from two irreverent characters who heal from all wounds and can therefore dole out death to those deserving with great gusto.
But if you've watched a season or two (or four) of a series such as "The Boys", you are way beyond the point where anything here will make you squeamish.
Some of it is truly funny, though never descending into the territory of a Samurai Jack meets Edward Scissorhands farce.
There are so many very good - and one surprising - cameos as we traverse this multiverse, that to say more would only spoil joys any viewer deserves to have.
The CGI and special effects are on point - Rising Sun and the SA Film Corp are in there doing their thing - and all in all, this was an extremely satisfying way to spend a couple of hours. I'll likely do it again and of course, wait until the credits conclude.
Yes, the mid-credits scenes are a lot of fun for long-time super hero movie fans. But stay until the end. Marvel movie fans already know this but it always bears reminding.
The MCU is back, at last. Someone send Martin Scorcese a ticket.
VERDICT: Gore blimey, must confess I loved it.