{"id":1331,"date":"2024-07-26T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2024-10-19T21:40:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T01:40:46","slug":"deadpool-wolverine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2024\/07\/26\/deadpool-wolverine\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadpool & Wolverine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong> (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marvel\/Action-Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 127 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore, sexual references)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Shawn Levy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells and Shawn Levy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Rob Simonsen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: George Richmond\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: July 26, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, Matthew Macfadyen, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapicic, Shioli Kutsuna, Randal Reeder, Lewis Tan.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0Throughout history, there have been many, many great pairs. Here are but more than a few: Adam & Eve, Anthony & Cleopatra, Romeo & Juliet, Lewis & Clark, Leopold & Loeb, Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, Tom & Jerry, Goofus & Gallant, Cheech & Chong, Laverne & Shirley, Bill & Ted, Ren & Stimpy, Beavis & Butthead, Dumb & Dumber and now Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019m going to forgo my usual diatribe about the sorry state of recent superhero movies. It\u2019s all been said and done, why be redundant? Also, it doesn\u2019t apply to Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong>. Well, it does and it doesn\u2019t. Technically, the three-quel is a superhero movie, but not in the same sense as any of the films featuring one or more members of the Avengers. Like its predecessors, it subverts the genre with a costumed protagonist incapable of taking anything seriously. Deadpool, played again to sarcastic perfection by Ryan Reynolds, frequently breaks the fourth wall to comment on the action taking place. This time around, he has a lot to say about Disney taking over his franchise after their acquisition of 20th<\/sup> Century Fox. I\u2019m shocked they allowed Reynolds to say some of the things he says. Who knew the suits had a sense of humor?<\/p>\n

\u00a0As you probably surmised by the title, Deadpool\u2019s latest mission isn\u2019t a solo outing. He has a partner. Let me expand on that a little. He has a partner that can\u2019t stand him. It\u2019s Wolverine (Jackman), a one-time member of the X-Men. Wait a minute, how can this be? Didn\u2019t he die at the end of Logan? Yes, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s gone for good. Nobody is ever gone for good in the MCU. They have thing this called the multiverse. All you have to do is go to another universe and grab their version of the dearly departed individual. Problem solved.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As the film opens, Wade Wilson has resigned himself to a life of being and nothingness. He tried to join the Avengers, but was turned down flat. After that, he hung up the Deadpool costume and became a used car salesman. His discontent led to his girlfriend Vanessa (Baccarin, Firefly) breaking up with him. He wears a brave face (and bad toupee), but it\u2019s obvious he\u2019s not a happy ex-hero. That\u2019s when life throws him a proverbial curve ball. Armed men from the Time Variance Authority show up at his front door and summon him by force to TVA HQ.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The head guy Mr. Paradox (Macfadyen, Pride & Prejudice) wants to recruit Deadpool for a special mission to save his universe from complete obliteration. In order to successfully accomplish the mission, he\u2019s going to need Wolverine\u2019s help, never mind that he\u2019s been dead and buried for years. No matter, DP just hops from universe to universe until he finds an available Wolverine. The problem is this particular version of Wolverine did something so terrible, he\u2019s hated by everybody in his universe including himself.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It should go without saying that Paradox has an evil plan up his sleeve, one involving some device called a \u201cTime Ripper\u201d that destroys entire timelines. He can\u2019t let anybody or anything get in his way so he sends DP and Wolverine to a desolate wasteland known as \u201cThe Void\u201d. It\u2019s overseen by Cassandra Nova (Corrin, The Crown), a telekinetic mutant who happens to be the long-lost twin sister of Charles Xavier (aka Professor X). She wants the heroes dead. They want to escape from the Void so they stop Paradox\u2019s evil plan. That means working together. That\u2019s easier said than done.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Director Shawn Levy (Free Guy) takes a cue from buddy comedies like 48 Hrs. and Midnight Run in plotting Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong>. You know how the song goes. DP and Wolverine can\u2019t stand each other at first. They trade insults until the inevitable knock-down. drag-out fight that leaves them both exhausted. This is followed by mutual respect and by the finale, a real partnership. It\u2019s a formula that sometimes doesn\u2019t work. In this instance, it does.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I enjoyed Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong>. I had a feeling I would. I like the two title characters very much, especially Wolverine who would rather tell the world to go f*** itself than save it. Jackman adds surprising depth to the comic book character. He plays him as a man filled with anger, self-loathing and a general hatred for humanity. At the same time, he\u2019ll step up and save them when necessary. Deadpool is a trip. Nobody but Reynolds could ever play him. He\u2019s an anti-hero who creates mayhem but always with the best of intentions. He wisecracks his way through all of it with his smart, fourth wall-breaking comments and observations. Now for the good news. Reynolds and Jackman have great chemistry together. It never once feels forced or unnatural.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong> is profane, messy, extremely violent, extremely gory (CGI gore, of course) and funny. It has a lot of inside humor throughout. At one point, the old 20th<\/sup> Century Fox logo makes a cameo appearance. Like a lot of people and things in the Void, it\u2019s discarded property deemed no longer relevant. That brings me to another neat aspect of Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong>. There are several surprise appearances by other Marvel characters including a couple I thought we\u2019d never see again. Now you could look this information up on Wikipedia, but where\u2019s the fun in that?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Fun is the operative term here. Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong> is a lot of fun. It\u2019s not a great film by any stretch of the imagination. The brainchild of five writers, it\u2019s the usual superhero silliness with a nonsensical plot that doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense. The effects aren\u2019t all that special. It\u2019s the same CGI we\u2019ve seen in countless other Marvel movies. HOWEVER, it has plenty of action and some great fight scenes including one in which the guys go up against an army of Deadpools, one of whom has a cute little Dogpool that takes a liking to the OG DP.<\/p>\n

\u00a0You can\u2019t ask for much more from a summer movie than to be entertained. These days, even that\u2019s a tall order. A lot of what studio put out are empty, soulless vehicles that distract the view with copious amounts of sound and fury. Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong> has plenty of both, but they don\u2019t completely overshadow the film. That\u2019s always a great big plus.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Deadpool & Wolverine<\/strong> is a good movie, but will it revive the struggling superhero genre? That\u2019s hard to say. It\u2019s definitely better than a lot of their recent films, but are audiences ready to re-embrace superheroes? We\u2019ll see.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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