Let me start this review off by admitting that I know the “Deadpool” movie franchise hasn’t been everyone’s cup of tea since its inception with the first film “Deadpool” in 2016.
But, the Marvel comic character itself has been around since the early 1990s and has its own semi-feral fanbase.
I only recently joined that bandwagon late in college and enjoyed the character even more with the first live-action movie.
That all being said, this film surpasses that on many levels while also alleviating many fears fans had when Disney acquired the cinematic rights to Deadpool in 2019.
This flick has everything we’ve come to expect and loved from the comics and includes several other cameos worth seeing on the big screen.
Deadpool & Wolverine is a 2024 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Deadpool and Wolverine, produced by Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
It is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018).
The film is directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay he wrote with Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells.
Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star as Deadpool and Wolverine, respectively, alongside Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, Jon Favreau, and Matthew Macfadyen in supporting roles.
The movie clocks in at 128 minutes long and is rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore, and sexual references.
In 2018, Wade Wilson (Reynolds) uses Cable’s time-traveling device to travel from his timeline on Earth-10005 to Earth-616 - the “Sacred Timeline” - where he meets Happy Hogan (Favreau) and asks to join the Avengers, but he is rejected.
Six years later, Wade has retired from being the masked mercenary known as Deadpool and is working as a used-car salesman after breaking up with his girlfriend Vanessa Carlysle (Baccarin).
During his birthday party, the Time Variance Authority (TVA) captures Wade and brings him to Mr. Paradox (Macfayden), who offers him a place on Earth-616.
However, Paradox also reveals that Wade’s timeline is deteriorating as a result of the death of its “anchor being”, James “Logan” Howlett (Jackman) – also known as Wolverine.
Paradox details his plans to use the “Time Ripper”, a device he developed to mercy kill timelines, to prematurely destroy Wade’s timeline.
Wade steals Paradox’s TemPad to travel the multiverse to find a variant of Logan to save his timeline.
After encountering various Logan variants, Wade takes one back to the TVA, where he learns that this particular Logan is considered the worst Wolverine in the multiverse.
After an argument, during which Wade learns that Paradox is acting without the knowledge of his superiors, Paradox prunes Wade and Logan into the Void.
There, Wade and Logan fight before they’re captured along with Johnny Storm (Chris Evans) and get taken to Cassandra Nova (Corrin), the twin sister of X-Men leader Charles Xavier.
Cassandra, who was pruned as an infant, but made a deal with the TVA to stay willingly in the Void, kills Johnny and leaves Wade and Logan to be consumed by Alioth, although they manage to escape.
What ensues after Deadpool and Wolverine escape is nearly complete mayhem and hilarious chaos – the things audiences expect from Deadpool.
However, I do have to say the twist ending is a little unexpected and puts a great capstone on Jackman’s reign as the Wolverine.
Also, in true MCU form, there is a bonus clip after the credits that is worth waiting for in my book.
