Deadpool 2 (2018) Review

Deadpool 2 (2018)

Deadpool 2 follows Wade Wilson, who, after Vanessa is killed, spirals down a hole of depression. When a time traveller named Cable appears however, he finds his shot at redemption in a troubled young boy whom Cable looks to kill. 

Like all sequels, Deadpool 2 is approached with the mentality of bigger and better, and in every respect, they knocked it out of the park, doubling their budget, and in turn, opening the door for many more possibilities in terms of making a really bombastic film. This time helmed by David Leitch, of John Wick fame, and with him, a visual style that’s unmistakable, with it’s darker hues and neon lighting that immediately brings the look of this up from the first, while somehow making the action just as zany and even bloodier on it’s way to another R rating. 

We also get a deeper, much more comprehensive story of loss and family here in the sequel (still quite shocking for a Deadpool film), packing in the usual crude humor and violence, while still making us feel for Wade after the loss of Vanessa, as well as the triumvirate of other broken individuals who the movie centers around. Everyone is so caught up in blaming someone, usually themselves, for why their lives are so fucked up, they never really step back to ask why? Or if they should in the first place. So, for Wade, it becomes about not only saving Rusty from Cable, but also from a life of murder, an avenue no kid should have to go through, no matter how different they are. 

We get another wonderful cast, starring Brad Pitt,  Lewis Tan, Bill Skarsgård, Terry Crews, Rob Delaney, Shiori Kutsuna, Brianna Hildebrand, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Stefan Kapicic, T.J. Miller, Zazie Beetz, Julian Dennison, Josh Brolin, and Ryan Reynolds. Though the joke is all there, I wasn’t too thrilled with Dennison as our main baddy. Luckily, Brolin balances him out well, playing the stern and dark to Reynolds sarcastic wit, allowing them to really runaway with their performances. 

Deadpool 2, directed by David Leitch, as Wade puts it, through the blood, guts, and loads of crude humor, very much is a family film, giving us some great gags but also a sincere story of how kids give us the chance to be better versions of ourselves—heroes even—even when we don’t feel like we deserve it. 

8.6/10