Directed by : Tim Miller
Written by : Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
Starring : Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic, Gina Carano
Release Date : February 9, 2016
Can a product that relies a lot on the strength of fan service succeed as a truly entertaining movie to watch? In the case of "Deadpool," apparently the answer to that question is a big resounding hell yeah! As the movie and it's marketing continually points out, this is not your typical comic book movie, and this is not your typical superhero. It's filled with gratuitous violence, sexual situations, bad language, and our protagonist is not above murder or have any interest in being a law abiding role model. That's of course not an issue to it's target audience.
Considering what this movie is intended to be, a person's enjoyment might vary when watching it. However, it's sense of humor is one unifying element that can and should appeal to a wider audience. From funny insults and dialogue, slapstick moments, comedic self-awareness, pop-culture references, to inside jokes, this movie makes a lot of attempts to make you laugh. It's comedy can be hit or miss, so with every joke that made me laugh out loud, there are jokes that just fall flat. I'll say this though, the promotional trailers and clips didn't even show any of what I thought were the best jokes and memorable scenes in the movie.
Although the film does poke fun at the predictability of comic book super hero films, the main plot of this movie is admittedly still straight out of the predictability of comic book super hero films. The action sequences also fluctuates from just being your typical fare, to enjoyably amazing to see. While the actual story and the action may not exactly break too many new grounds, the movie still manages to feel fresh in many respects. The character of Deadpool in himself is unlike most wisecracking smart mouth comic book heroes around, as the things he says and do are a welcome change to the status quo of this genre. The secondary characters are also used quite effectively without being too superfluous, and that's really appreciated.
I really enjoyed watching "Deadpool," and this is coming from someone who doesn't read the comic books he comes from; so the true fans should eat this up! It's fun factor alone made me easily ignore the flaws I noticed. Kudos to the people who got this movie made, and especially to Ryan Reynolds who is the main reason this turned out as good as it did.
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