Deadpool 2

After finding (and brutally murdering) the man responsible for turning him into the fast-healing mutant that he is now, Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool, decides it's time to hang up the blades...at least for a little while...and settle down with his fiancé Vanessa. At the same time a member of the X-Men, Colossus, is trying to get him to turn legit and join the X-Men team. Thing is, Deadpool's not a team player, nor does he consider himself a good guy. He keeps trying to resist Colossus' recruitment efforts, and does a good job of it until Deadpool comes across a young mutant by the name of Russell who Deadpool has to save from being assassinated by a mutant from the future named Cable. Deadpool must then team up with Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and a group of random mutants (and a normal guy named Peter) in order to save the kid.

As usual with the character of Deadpool, and in keeping with the (mostly irreverent) tone of the first movie, Deadpool 2 is filled to the brim with the classic 4th wall breaking, sarcastic, and vulgar at times humor. For once though, Deadpool 2 is actually one of the few sequels which builds on - and then exceeds - the original. Deadpool 2 actually had me doubled over laughing far more often and harder than I ever did while watching the original. I can't give *too* much away, but one specific scene that had me laughing the most was what I'll dub "the Winnie-the-Pooh sequence". I honestly don't think I've laughed that hard in a recent comedy in quite awhile. The cast was all around brilliant, and I'd have to say I prefer Josh Brolin as Cable over his role as Thanos in the main Marvel franchise. Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool is still perfectly cast, same for Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Zazie Beetz as Domino, and TJ Miller as Weasel. I thought Julian Dennison was good as Russell, but towards the end his character got to be kind of annoying to me, though I blame the writing for that one. There are a couple jokes towards the end of the movie (no spoilers) that did feel like they were stretched out a bit too thin for them to continue being funny, but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of the movie. Another thing I appreciated was the pacing of the movie. It felt like it was more evenly paced than the original was.

Just like my original review of the first Deadpool, I advise extreme caution when letting younger kids see it. This is *not* your typical Marvel movie like Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man or Black Panther. It's far more violent, and the humor is far more crass. I highly suggest parents screen this before you let your kids see it.