The first Deadpool is a movie that will always stay in my heart,not because of the movie's quality,but because it's the movie that inspired me to start my career as a movie critic. (Crazy,right?)
Now we have a sequel about the Merc With a Mouth that falls into the usual 'Sequel Curse’,where instead of expanding the characters,they expand the ante on so many levels,some of them really unnecessary.
This was another half-disappointment for me (not like LEGO Ninjago where at the end,it made me feel empty).
Sure,the characters’ writing is here and there (that’s where Cable needs its own paragraph),but they play everything (triple emphasize ”EVERYTHING”) for a laugh. From Josh Brolin to RoboCop to Winnie The Pooh all of a sudden,which was very funny at times,certainly. Take that and cram in some excellent action sequences into a rather complex story that sometimes feels like a superhero movie and sometimes like a Friday Night Movie.
This is the kind of movie that feels like if the studio gave David Leitch (the director of this movie) a Checklist,where, as said, everything would be played for a laugh and sometimes there would be some setups to something.
Anywho,Cable, alongside Deadpool,is probably the one character who carries this entire movie. The Director and screenwriters’ passion was indeed there to make them feel like “He can be more than just a Rip-Off Terminator,I mean….He can travel through time!”.
The movie would sometimes try and be as emotional as Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2,and sometimes it works,but sometimes it feels unearned.
Although you better stick around the end for that End-Credits sequence. Trust me,it'll be worth the pennies.
In the end,Deadpool 2 is just plain funny,and that's all you need to know going into it.
Is it better than the first one? Nowhere near,but nonetheless,it's “The First Great Movie Of The Summer”,which should tell you something. (I wish I would've said it with Infinity War if they didn't release it on April)
