Good, not as good as the original

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2018)

Deadpool 2 was widely expected and audiences had high expectations regarding the movie, especially since Deadpool was such a blast. I understand all the hype and cult following of Reynolds' over the top crazy and adorable persona, but a movie should be much more than one character thrown into several different situations... Unfortunately, Deadpool 2 was exactly that - several (extremely) funny combined sequences that do not even slightly resemble a functional movie.
So, braking this lunacy (in lack of a better word) into several segments seems like the only logical way to review this movie since the movie itself has no logical structure whatsoever.
The acting is, by all means, top notch! Reynolds was born to play Deadpool, Brolin created a formidable foe (considering the amount of time he had), Beetz was superb etc. Since the movie itself is structured around characters and their personalities, it is not a surprise they all did a magnificent job. But, that also carries a problem. There is an overabundance of characters that have absolutely no place in this movie. The entire X-force sequence feels like it was a leftover from one of the rewrites. The way it dispenses the characters of the X-force is hilarious, but shows that the screenwriters had no actual idea what to do with all of them. A shame, especially since the whole concept is a generally good idea (can you imagine a team led by Deadpool?). On the other hand, giving Brolin, an actor of the highest caliber (the almighty Thanos) several lines and just a few sequences is a waste of acting. Simply no one believed him to be THAT threatening and mean. Unfortunately, the main villain is underwritten, underused and created a hole in the movie where the bad guy should have stood. Using someone as Dennison to fill that role was a good idea, but he just couldn't perform in the way needed to fill that big of a hole. So, even though the movie doesn't care (at all about anything), the general lack of care at this specific instant created a flaw that was just unnecessary. All in all, regarding the story and characters - NO coherent story, underwritten and underused overabundance of character, and a screw you attitude about it all. Risky, didn't pay of, created flaws.
Considering the movies upside - the humor. Even though the movie brings you to tears with laughter, at certain points it feels recycled. There are several instances that killed the joke and/or pun simply because it was already seen in Deadpool. Making it more gory or more explicit or violent is just not doing the joke much good if it feels already seen. In its defense, there are not a lot of these segments, but they are EXTREMELY noticeable.
The music was generic not even interesting. Bland and forgettable. Nothing special with a recycled Deadpool rap song.
The editing was done as best as it could have been done. Considering the lack of a coherent story or narrative line to hold onto (even though Leitch does quite a good job handling the chaotic narrative) it's a miracle that a coherent movie was even produced. So, congratulations on that.
The thing we all must confess is that Deadpool timed it's release PERFECTLY. We are all still in shock and awe with the monumental Infinity war and its sorrow and dark filled ending, so Deadpool simply had a job to make us laugh. It succeeded in that with triumph. But, understanding it had only one job, it left almost every other aspect to wonder on its own, and that may have been a mistake.
A decent sequel with a bunch of laughs but... all in all, we really expected more. Not a movie...