a great followup to deadpool

Rating: 8/10 (14 September 2018)

While not as memorable as the original, Deadpool 2 is one of the most unique superhero movies i have ever seen. The premise of the movie is that Wade Wilson is trying to protect an angry kid he befriended named Russell from a time traveling mutant named Cable. For most of the film Cable is portrayed as a sadistic villain who wants to kill a kid for seemingly no reason, until the final act where it is revealed that Cable is actually the good guy and he was only after Russell because the kid was destined to become an insane warlord in the future who wiped out mankind including Cable's family. This is where the movie really becomes unique because even though technically the antagonist is Russell, he's not really the villain either. the movie doesn't really have a real main villain, which is strange for a comic book movie to say the least. There are characters who do qualify as evil but none of them serve as a main villain to Wade. The first Deadpool movie had a clear antagonist in the form of Francis and the movie was basically a revenge plot. the followup portrays Wade as more heroic in terms of he's actually saving someone else and there is more at stake. He's saving Russell from both Cable and himself before he kills the man who abused him which according to Cable would begin his insatiable blood lust leading to the end of the world. But not only that, when Wade discovers Cable's motivation it becomes more than just saving the kid from a mutant cyborg, he realizes that humanity is at stake and if he doesn't save the kid and the headmaster of the orphanage who abused him. There is a lot of comedy even during the more emotional moments which is actually appropriate since it never really gets in the way. The only complaint i have is that the pacing is uneven every now and then but other than that the movie was everything i hoped it would be.