Deadpool & Wolverine

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It’s always wonderful to go and see a movie that you have been looking forward to for ages and have it absolutely live up to your expectations. That feeling is just, mwuh, chef’s kiss. I got to experience the deliciousness of it last weekend when partner and I took ourselves to the cinema and saw Deadpool & Wolverine.

Wade Wilson’s (aka Deadpool) world is in peril. Serious peril. After a visit from the TVA, Wade learns that the sole person anchoring his timeline to reality is gone and without them, the whole timeline is doomed to crumble and disappear completely. Not so jazzed about this, Wade travels through multiple timelines to find a replacement for the anchor that his timeline has lost: Wolverine. Bringing back a Wolverine who has failed his own timeline, Wade is convinced that he has saved the world and earned his place amongst its mightiest heroes, only to discover that the TVA division who visited him have their own agenda. Sent with Wolverine to The Void, Wade must find a way back home, inspire a drunk and violent Wolverine to become a hero, and stop Charles Xavier’s psychotic sister from engulfing not just his timeline, but every timeline.

I was so excited for this movie and it did not disappoint. From the opening credits, the entire film is a blood-soaked, foul-mouthed, meta-stuffed joyride that had partner and I laughing from the first minute.

Coloured by the signature metafiction, fourth-wall breaks, and not-so-subtle digs at Disney’s cinematic history that made the first movie so effing hilarious, Deadpool & Wolverine carries a weighty story of emotional growth and character development underneath the waves of sarcasm and crudity. Wade is on a journey of self-importance and discovery, beginning the film unsure of his own importance without the mask and trying to find a way to make his life and his talents have meaning. In true Deadpool fashion, he achieves this in a really violent, verbal, and round-about way that even he’s not sure will pay off.

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Hugh Jackman is back as a sulky, dispirited, and short-fused Wolverine who also goes on a trip to discover his self-importance and become a hero. The relationship forged between the two is delightfully standoffish, aggressive, awkward, competitive and makes for a very fun time: mostly laugh-out-loud funny, but with a very subtle sweetness underlying it.

Without a doubt though, the star of the show are the writers who have managed to cram so much meta and social commentary comedy into the mix that it runs the risk of exploding. Between the resurgence of characters that the Marvel universe forgot and the broken Fox Studios sign that reminds us of the final scene of Planet of the Apes, this film is a gut-buster: a complete, shambolic, chaotic, insane, gut-buster. And I loved every minute of it! If there’s one movie you see in cinemas this year, make it this one!

Director: Shawn Levy, 2024

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfayden, Dafne Keen, Jon Favreau, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Chris Evans, Aaron Stanford, Wunmi Mosaku, Karan Soni, Tyler Mane, Channing Tatum, & Henry Cavill