4 Out of 5 Stars
Under their care Wade is injected with a chemical concoction and tortured until his body is stressed to the point that a mutant power will manifest itself. After being placed in an airtight tube and brought to point of suffocation over and over, Wade finally manifests a Wolverine type healing factor but the price for this gift is being horribly disfigured in the process.
When we catch up with Mr. Pool he has finally tracked down the head of the lab that did this to him, Ajax, who teased him with the ability to make him look normal again. That is, right before he plunges a spear though Deadpool’s chest and leaves him to burn to death when the lab was set on fire. So Deadpool hopes to not only get vengeance for what happened to him, but also get his boyish good looks back so he can return to the woman he loves. The only thing standing in his way other than droves of faceless henchman Deadpool hilariously dispatches, is Colossus, who hopes to recruit Deadpool into the X-Men and save him from his mercenary ways.
From the minute the opening credits begin to roll you get the feeling someone made the correct decision to go full-on hard R and do this character and his insane world justice. The film lampoons the superhero genre while giving us a by the number origin story with more profanity, sex and violence than we have seen in all the superhero films up until now combined, which may confuse those that see Marvel Films as synonymous with a saccharine edgy, but not too edgy Disney PG-13 aesthetic.
I spent most of the film in pure disbelief watching Ryan Reynolds undo years of bad superhero films and holding nothing sacred as he mocked everything from his turn as the Green Lantern to The Avengers with a giddy glee only he could bring to the role. Tim Miller does something interesting here making directorial choices for the sake of keeping Deadpool as true to the spirit of the comic as possible rather than appeasing an actor or schilling for a sequel or franchise. So for those that have begun to tire of the superhero film Deadpool is here to bring some much a much need reprieve to a genre that is fast becoming as stagnant, stale and overrun as it had in the 90s.
Deadpool is indeed using the same script leaked before, but with a few tweaks and updates given it was almost five years when it was first penned to keep it fresh. Much like his comic book counterpart Deadpool seems to understand he is in a comic book movie and even spends a few moments pointing out some of the tropes we have come to expect. The rest of the cast here culled more for their comedic chops has a lot of fun with the material that often times feels more like an indie film at times with its low key cinematography and dense and witty dialog which is light on the broody pontificating we have come to expect and feels more like a throw back to James Gunn’s Super.
Wait… wrong movie…
Deadpool is not for the easily offended and delivers on all the promises made by Reynolds that this would be a film for the fans that made this project happen. It could easily be the best thing to happen to the MCU since Guardians and I would most definitely pay to see what would happen if Deadpool should ever cross paths with his Disney counterparts. For fans of Deadpool we have been given a gift. It’s a film that makes no apologies and could easily be my favorite superhero film of the year since its more focused on its story and being the funniest film it can be rather than seeing how many demographics it can please with its politically correct and all encompassing outlook. Oh yeah and killing henchman by running them over with a Zamboni is hilarious too. Time to grab a chimichanga.
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