Review of Deadpool 2 (2018) by Lager96 — 20 May 2018

Deadpool 2 is a great film that stand by itself. You don't need to see the first film in order for this one to be good. However, I feel like events that take place in this film make the first one irrelevant.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but something that I noticed. The comedy is well placed, for this most part, and works well (again...for the most part). The action is great and the music that accompanies it is as well.

Ryan Reynolds kills it yet again, which was expected. You can tell that he loves playing this characters, and that getting it right means a lot to him. As mentioned before, some jokes didn't land the way there were meant to and sometimes ruined the scene.

There is a scene near the end of this film that is meant to be completely serious because there is no joke in that scene. The emotional core of that scene just isn't there because the characters don't earn that moment.

There is a good balance of comedy and seriousness that a film must have if it wants to achieve an emotional moment. Unfortunately, Deadpool 2 does not have that nor does the story allow the time needed to build that connection.

Putting that aside, Josh Brolin is amazing as Cable and is a very good villain. The whole cast is great but some have been sidelined. There are plenty of new characters and many surprises that come along with them that make this an enjoyable film.

The cameos are great and the post credit scene is even better. My hope is that for Deadpool 3 they create a better story that isn't as basic as the first two films. It worked great the first time, but if you want to build characters and have the audience connect with them you need to have better motivations and more of an emotional core.