Hot Pile of Garbage

Rating: 4/10 (20 May 2018)

I was excited for this movie; at first. I'd seen the first movie, loved it, it was really original and fun to watch. It brought a lot of new elements to the tired superhero genre and it felt really fresh and new. And this is precisely the part where the sequel disappointed me so much. The over-the-top violence, cringy one-liners about poop and piss and grief-induced butt touching just didn't pack the same punch now that we've seen it all before. Gross regrowth of limbs and references to 'baby balls' just couldn't compare to the same brand of off-coloured humour we saw in the first movie and everything that works so effortlessly there needs to be hammered home so heavily here that the jokes just stop being even remotely funny. Moreover, the movie attempts to deal with mature and serious topics in a completely immature and goofy way, so any emotional impact they might've had is lost. Deadpool's silly one-liners have become terribly predictable, the character is consequently incredibly annoying and what was probably intended to be a heart-warming ending just turns into a cringe fest. I honestly couldn't wait for the movie to be over. Aside from Deadpool and Cable (ugh, that's all I have to say about that), the only noteworthy character is Domino, who actually does have some entertaining scenes, even though her bad-assery is a bit forced and heavy-handed. She actually does have a cool superpower, and it's something that fits nicely into the silly Deadpool universe.
Overall, the movie is a letdown all around.