A fast-paced, action-packed, romantic-comedy (sort of)

Rating: 9/10 (26 February 2016)

How to describe this movie in words is a challenge. All I can say is that when I left the cinema, my mouth was gaping wider that the entrance to Luna Park. It was raunchy, it was violent, it was hilarious. Many say it started off strong and slipped to above satisfactory. I disagree. It definitely slowed at some points to give way to the eherm, "plot". But am I going to nit-pick that? No. It was done well.
This is the best movie of this year so far, and it will be a challenge to beat. And why's that? Because it's original and genuinely funny, delivering "zingers" every 30 seconds (pretty much). The weird thing? I can't remember any because it was all so relevant to the situations in the movie. That is definitely a good thing.
Plot? Almost imaginary and uninspired. Like as if they took it from a magazine called "cliche monthly". Again, that's not important for this film. This one was all about delivering a new kind of hero to save us from the increasingly mediocre other Marvel films. It did however throw a few spin-balls into the mix for the whole damsel-in- distress scenario, which was nice.
So why a nine? Because it was a fantastic film and deserves a crisp high-ten. But if it's a ten, there's nothing better right? I believe Deadpool 2 could be, so I'll leave a bit of a buffer...
And please don't take your kids to see this. I saw a few embarrassed parents walk out with their youngsters after 10 minutes.