Tries too hard and fails to match part 1

Rating: 5/10 (18 May 2018)

After all the waiting, hype and marketing campaigns Deadpool 2 fails to impress. I absolutely loved part 1 because it was fresh, funny and creative. Don't get me wrong, part 2 does have some amazing laugh out loud moments that are quite memorable and on the same level as part 1. Unfortunately, so much else seems forced and drags on unnecessarily where instead of witty jokes it becomes a cringefest. The story is as basic as they come and I was expecting them to come up with something interesting after all these years and addition of new characters. In my opinion, for an 18+ movie, action scenes are sub-par and unimpressive compared to other superhero films. They focused way too much on the jokes and barely managed to get half of the right.
If there was no Deadpool 1 benchmark, this movie would have been alright but there are no excuses to drop the ball after a budget increase. The movie simply tries too hard by adding more humor, more characters, more senseless killing and fails to match part 1 which was simple yet elegant and hit all the right spots using limited resources.
I am not discouraging anyone from seeing it, maybe I am the only one who was disappointed.