A humbling apology for X-Men Origins

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2017)

After Ryan Reynold's appearance as Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. Reynolds seemed determined to do the character of Deadpool justice and was gunning to have this film greenlit by Fox for ages, until the test footage was leaked, resulting in a mass reaction from fans.
The film is an absolute pisstake and completely self-aware, with fourth wall breaks throughout, faithful to the character of Deadpool. Reynolds is having the time of his life as Wade Wilson, wise-cracking the entire time and taking swipes at himself, the X-Men series and Hugh Jackman.
The story follows Wilson, hellbent on revenge after inheriting mutant abilities by the sadistic Francis, played by Ed Skrein. Deadpool goes on a manhunt to take out Francis and save his partner, having been kidnapped by the former. Acquainted with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, who are dubious about Deadpool's actions, they face Francis and it's fairly self-explanatory from there.
Despite technically being part of the X-Men series, this film is much more crass, vulgar and humorous, and that's part of the charm. It's Reynold's redemption as Deadpool and it's certainly not the end.
A by-the-numbers but enjoyable flick.