Deadgood.

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2018)

Former special Ops solider and now a mercenary, Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is enjoying a passionate relationship with Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). On the day he proposes, he collapses and discovers that he has very late stage cancer. Desperate, he agrees to undergo a mysterious procedure that will cure him and also make him a "hero" but the procedure actually involves activing his latent mutant genes following extensive torture. Left for dead, Wilson's mutant healing factor saves his life and allows him to pull on a red suit, call himself Deadpool and strike out for revenge.
The plot is only half the fun though, less than half in fact. With the shackles off and a relatively low budget mitigating much of the risk, "Deadpool" is a violent, foul mouthed action-comedy, with Reynolds and writers allowed to crack jokes about their careers, the state of superhero movies and other facets of pop culture as Deadpool breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience.
This was my third or fourth viewing of the film, watched ahead of seeing the sequel. If I am truthful, some of the lustre does start to come off after a few repeat viewings. Some of the more accessible comedy moments, the trailer ones particular - like Angels' "superhero landing" gag are all a bit too familiar now. It's interesting though that the self-referential style of humour has permeated outside of "Deadpool" to become common place in the subsequent films of the MCU, if not quite to the extent that it does here.
Plot wise, it's all fairly straightforward despite some time jumps in the first two thirds of the film. For the budget though, the action scenes are pretty strong, particularly the scenes involving a downed helicarrier at the conclusion.
Still good, just overexposed a little now. Chuck on another two stars if you've not seen it before.