An action-heavy sequel

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2018)

In this David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde) directed movie, written by Rhett Reese (Zombieland, Deadpool), Paul Wernick (G. I. Joe Retaliation, Zombieland) and Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal, Green Lantern), Ryan Reynolds (The Hitman's Bodyguard, A Million Ways To Die in the West) stars once more as the mutant mercenary and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, TVs V and Homeland) as his girlfriend Vanessa.
When Colossus (Stefan Kapicic: Tears for Sale, Deadpool), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand: The Exorcist, Deadpool) and her girlfriend Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna: The Outsider, Deadpool 2) try to make a trainee X-Man out of Wade, he is sent to help Russell AKA Firefist (Julian Dennison: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Shopping) a young boy with fiery superpowers. It does not go well.
Ending up in prison and with a device around their necks that diffuse their powers, Deadpool has to try to save Russell when Cable (Josh Brolin: No Country for Old Men, Milk) comes from the future to kill him for crimes he hasn't committed yet.
Can Deapool and his new 'X Force' - lucky Domino (Zazie Beetz: Atlanta, Apple Sauce), Shatterstar (Lewis Tan: Into the Badlands, TVs Iron Fist), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgård: Allegiant, It), Bedlam (Terry Crews: The Expendables, Get Smart), Vanisher (Brad Pitt: Meet Joe Black, Ocean's Eleven) and Peter (Rob Delaney: Burning Love, Catastrophe), sometimes with the help of Weasel (T.J. Miller: Cloverfield, Big Hero 6) and Dopinder (Karan Soni: Kaka Nirvana, Office Christmas Party), win out when Juggernaut gets involved too?
Heavy on the action, with a few emotional scenes, the continued edgy humour expected following the first movie and added pop culture references that work well, this is a passable sequel. Like that difficult second album, I was worried that it would be terrible yet it did hold its own. It is not in the same league as the original, light on storyline and it is predictable throughout, but Brolin was a credible bad guy (or misunderstood depending upon your take) and I enjoyed new character Domino.
Stay for the end credits scene, arguably the best bits of the film.