30-03-2019, 00:16
Deadpool 2 (2018);
What with working long & awkward hours & catching up with various Netflix series has left me with little time to catch up on films & my backlog of DVD's to watch is growing at an alarming rate.I did manage to sneak in the sequal to the smash hit Deadpool that see's Ryan Reynolds once again reprise his role superbly as Wade Wilson/Deadpool 'The Merc with the Mouth' with plenty of hilarious one-liners & gore dished out in equal measures.Of all the Marvel characters to choose from Ryan Reynolds brilliantly demonstrates that Deadpool must be the most fun to play with the ability to turn horror into a comedy art-form by enticing swathes of bad guys with witty one-liners & put-downs before brutally dispatching them & with his constant interaction with the audience (us) via the '4th Wall'.This sequal see's Deadpool as an even more tortured soul than ever after witnessing the death of his partner Vanessa (played by the lovely Morena Baccarin).But no matter how many times he tries 'to end it' (he tries numerous inventive ways) seeing that 'Regeneration/self-healing' is one of Deadpool's special abilities suicide is never really going to be a realistic option for him.But having such a 'special ability' does have it's upsides by letting him contort & utilize body parts in inventive ways to kill the opposition.
Whilst at a low ebb Deadpool stumbles across a troubled teenager Russell (Firefist) who possesses devastating mutant powers & whilst offering a sympathetic hand to the youngster it only leads to Deadpool getting caught in the cross-fire of time-travelling part-man part-machine & bonafide badass Cable (played by Josh Brolin). Cable is sent from the future to eradicate Russell who is responsible for the death of Cable's family in the future.
Deadpool is such a multi-faceted character merely restricting him in to a PG/12 Marvel Universe setting was never going to be logical & so with with more adult-themed scenario in turn gives the Deadpool franchise an opportunity to dare to tread where other Marvel/DC films don't.With the constant mocking of fellow characters, other films,use of crude jokes & one-liners with bucket loads of gore thrown together for good measure.There are a multitude of funny quips & scenes but among my favourites was when in a fight between Juggernaut & Colossus, Juggernaut turns to his foe & says "I'm going to melt you down & turn you into a cock-ring!".Another classic was whilst Deadpool was in recovery during the 'regeneration phase' after being ripped in half by Juggernaut had grown a pair of toddler legs.Whilst being questioned by Cable Deadpool pulls off the Sharon Stone Basic Instinct moment (flashing whilst crossing the legs scene).
Overall;Brilliant sequal 9/10.
What with working long & awkward hours & catching up with various Netflix series has left me with little time to catch up on films & my backlog of DVD's to watch is growing at an alarming rate.I did manage to sneak in the sequal to the smash hit Deadpool that see's Ryan Reynolds once again reprise his role superbly as Wade Wilson/Deadpool 'The Merc with the Mouth' with plenty of hilarious one-liners & gore dished out in equal measures.Of all the Marvel characters to choose from Ryan Reynolds brilliantly demonstrates that Deadpool must be the most fun to play with the ability to turn horror into a comedy art-form by enticing swathes of bad guys with witty one-liners & put-downs before brutally dispatching them & with his constant interaction with the audience (us) via the '4th Wall'.This sequal see's Deadpool as an even more tortured soul than ever after witnessing the death of his partner Vanessa (played by the lovely Morena Baccarin).But no matter how many times he tries 'to end it' (he tries numerous inventive ways) seeing that 'Regeneration/self-healing' is one of Deadpool's special abilities suicide is never really going to be a realistic option for him.But having such a 'special ability' does have it's upsides by letting him contort & utilize body parts in inventive ways to kill the opposition.
Whilst at a low ebb Deadpool stumbles across a troubled teenager Russell (Firefist) who possesses devastating mutant powers & whilst offering a sympathetic hand to the youngster it only leads to Deadpool getting caught in the cross-fire of time-travelling part-man part-machine & bonafide badass Cable (played by Josh Brolin). Cable is sent from the future to eradicate Russell who is responsible for the death of Cable's family in the future.
Deadpool is such a multi-faceted character merely restricting him in to a PG/12 Marvel Universe setting was never going to be logical & so with with more adult-themed scenario in turn gives the Deadpool franchise an opportunity to dare to tread where other Marvel/DC films don't.With the constant mocking of fellow characters, other films,use of crude jokes & one-liners with bucket loads of gore thrown together for good measure.There are a multitude of funny quips & scenes but among my favourites was when in a fight between Juggernaut & Colossus, Juggernaut turns to his foe & says "I'm going to melt you down & turn you into a cock-ring!".Another classic was whilst Deadpool was in recovery during the 'regeneration phase' after being ripped in half by Juggernaut had grown a pair of toddler legs.Whilst being questioned by Cable Deadpool pulls off the Sharon Stone Basic Instinct moment (flashing whilst crossing the legs scene).
Overall;Brilliant sequal 9/10.