A good fun entertaining sequel

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2018)

The success of the first Deadpool film was a great thing for R-rated comic book films and now we have the sequel Deadpool 2 which is enjoyable even though it is not up to the levels of the first film in my opinion. The premise of the film sees Deadpool attempt to save a kid from a time travelling mutant who intends to save the future. Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as Wade Wilson/Deadpool, and he was born to play this role. He has incredible whit in this film and is an incredibly funny and charming hero for the audience to root for in this film, he also stretches to some very well done dramatic scenes in this film that was not present in the first film. Now the year of 2018 will be remembered as the year of Josh Brolin as he is crushing it at the moment, in this film he plays Cable and he was the perfect choice for the role. His gruff, tough attitude was perfect to work opposite Reynolds and he does a great job of adding depth and humanity to the character to make you root for his mission to a certain extent. I also really enjoyed watching Domino, she is a character who works with Deadpool and I really enjoyed seeing her powers in action, her personality also added a lot to this film and she was a shining light in this film. The returning characters are really good also even though some people may be disappointed as they're screen time is cut down to make way for some of the new players. The story surprisingly has a lot of depth to it, and sees Deadpool go on a pretty well done emotional journey throughout the film that I was surprised worked so well. However, the studio obviously increased the budget for this film as they try to cram so much into this film that didn't need to be there and it made this film feel more bloated then it needed to be. The script has obviously some really funny quips and references that had me laughing, also as mentioned some of the drama was handled pretty well. Though in this film, I felt that the contrast between the two wasn't handled as well as the first film and took me out of some of the most important moments in the film. The style of the film has some decent action scenes in it that took advantage of the things that they can do over other franchises. However, the final battle feels less then the previous film and overall it just feels like there is less action scenes in this film too. This led to a few pacing issues in this film and the film drags a little bit longer then it really needs to. Overall this is a fun comic book film but this won't be remembered as a truly revolutionary film like the first one will be, though fans of the first film should definitely watch this film.