Deadpool

Movie Review - As Ridiculous and Funny as the First, 'Deadpool 2' Also Has a Surprising Amount of Heart

Despite its meta, fourth-wall breaking, slapstick, raunchy, and silly humor, Deadpool 2 insists its a family movie with a whole lot of heart. The joke, of course, is in the contradiction. Like its predecessor, this movie makes fun of everything, everyone, even itself, all in an attempt to get a laugh out of the audience. Needless to say, Deadpool is a cynical hero in a cynical age, but he doesn’t want us to be like him. He wants us to be better than him. Much of that motivation may sound corny, but it plays out fairly well in the story. Still, its noble effort...

Movie Review -- 'Deadpool' is Violent, Raunchy and Full of Fun

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Directed by Tim Miller and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Deadpool, on paper, should have been a major failure. With a green director, an R rating, the February release, and years of production problems and delays, it was guaranteed a box office flop -- but it beat the odds and provided a satisfying superhero comedy with plenty of heart, action, and violence. Comic book fans need not worry. Deadpool lived up to his name and added a few chimichangas to the order. Deadpool is about Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), a former Special Forces operative turned...