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After being diagnosed with cancer, a former Special Forces operative takes part in a rogue experiment to unlock mutant powers. The experiments leave him with accelerated healing powers but physically deformed, he adopts the alter ego of ‘Deadpool’ to seek revenge on the leaders of the extreme experiment programme.
From the opening credits to the very end Deadpool knows what
it is, the first splash before a tidal wave of super-hero releases this year. Ryan
Reynolds really shines in this film, you can feel that he’s enjoying every
moment of playing the character. After all, Deadpool’s underwhelming first
outing in X Men Origins: Wolverine clearly didn’t do that character justice.
The character strikes a balance between arrogant, crude and smart. He jokes
about Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern and 20th Century Fox all with
erupting laughter from the audience. I loved the humour in this film. When used
well, breaking the forth wall is something I love to see and in this instance
it works brilliantly to embellish Deadpool’s character and give a real
personality to a masked man. It may be an ‘Action Adventure’ but Deadpool is
one of the funniest films I’ve seen in a while. It was a brave move for the
studio to make a Rated R Deadpool, and it was not an insurance move. Everything
from the violence, language and love story carries on the mature tone. This
tone ensures that Deadpool stands out from the excess of comic book movies that
we have coming in 2016.
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I also really enjoyed the villain in Deadpool, and Villains
are often where Marvel trips itself up. Ajax has personally wronged Deadpool,
and it is Deadpool who wants him to pay for that. Ajax isn’t trying to conquer
the world or blow it up and that’s okay. He’s a bad guy and we rejoice in
seeing our titular protagonist take him down.
I really liked Deadpool but it is not without its flaws. Morena
Baccarin’s Vanessa needed some serious development, her character felt like a
bit of throwback to superhero love interests of yester year when they had no other
role in the plot other than to be captured then saved. If you wanted to make a
spoof of X Men or the comic book genre – and do it well – you’re likely to end
up with something like Deadpool. It’s this that I sometimes struggled with,
attempting to critique a genre that you play right in to does not excuse you
from the conventions of a super hero origin story. The film as a whole is still
hugely entertaining but self-awareness does not immediately mean self-bettering.
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As an action adventure comedy, Deadpool is a lot of fun. It pokes
fun at the comic book movie world and you’ll be laughing out loud in cinemas
but it doesn’t forget to expertly craft action sequences. There may not be any
contenders to the throne just yet but Deadpool could easily maintain a position
as one of the best comic book movies of the year.
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