Not quite the first Deadpool, but what is?

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2019)

Everything here is a notch or too below the first film. Whereas the first made gags to mock lazy writing in other superhero stories this one mocks lazy writing to hide its own plot contrivances. In the first film Deadpool was delightfully queer and subversive; for example at times the camera the linger over his body the way women heroines have been film forever. Here the character is streamlined and made less queer. It is still subversive and funny. But it isn't the brilliance send up of the first film. I feel that more time should have been spent with Domino (and her luck) because that was the most inventive part of the film and the only thing that the sequel matched the first film on.
Nonetheless, the story, a domestic drama filtered through the Deadpool parody of superheros, is engaging and actually touching. Good on the film for making the main antagonist a plus size kid. It is clever touch. Likewise, Reynolds is still absolutely perfect as Wade/Deadpool and he largely carries the film.
Solid follow-up to a genre and ground breaking original.