Right up Main Street.........

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2016)

Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, whom after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, but saves him from dying of terminal cancer, adopts the alter ego Deadpool.
Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humour, Deadpool hunts down the man who kept him hiding in the shadows from the love of his life, and nearly destroying his life.......
Fox did it didn't they, they only went and did it. In the space of a year, they gave us what must be the poorest comic book move adaptation with Fantastic Four (or Four), to what is, in my opinion the comic book adaptation that has not only set the bar for future movies in this sub-genre, but raised it so high, the next few movies will have to do something very special to even equal the enjoyment Deadpool has given.
With the hype machine in overkill for so many months, this was in danger of falling down its own Ego tunnel, I can't remember hype for a film like this since Snakes On A Plane, and when that finally came out, expectations were so high, it predictably disappointed, and quickly vanished in its own after-burn.
This works because it's a labour of love for all involved. Reynolds has wanted to make this movie for what seems like forever, and although he has had a knack of being in major comic book atrocities, this is the role he was born to play.
Imagine Chevy Chase via Patrick Bateman, with the cockiness of Tom Cruise in Cocktail, and you have this, the biggest Anti-hero there is, and he lets you know he's not your typical comic fodder all through the movie by breaking the fourth wall several times, once even breaking the fourth wall in a fourth wall, thus creating a sixteen wall scenario.
But it works because the makers go for broke, they don't pull no punches, as they knew they were taking a big risk with making a violent, profane laden, sex filled comic book movie with an actor whose track encore is less than stellar, hence the smaller budget.
From the upstart, it's violent, sarcastic, sweary, movie geek heaven, and the film doesn't stop this until the hilarious end credit sequence.
Another reason why the film works is that it's just so very random, from sampling Michael Jacksons 'Beat It' in the score, or referencing early nineties pop culture that may go over most peoples heads, or even spoiling other movies for the benefit of the films narrative, it does whatever it wants to do.
If there is one negative about the film, it's that whenever Skrien is on screen, he reminds you of that blooming awful Transporter reboot,,and it takes you away from this just a little.
Hilarious, action packed, and really nasty in places, Deadpool isn't just the best comic book movie ever made (and I honestly mean that), it's probably the best action movie in the English language made in a very very long time.
I fear that Civil War and Suicide Squad may not have the same impact now Mr. Pool has entered the fray.
Action fans, comedy fans, film fans, you really need to see this, it really is that wonderful..........