"Consistently laugh-out-loud funny"

Rating: 8/10 (10 March 2018)

If you're considering a trip down to your local multiplex to catch the unlikeliest x-man in all his fourth wall breaking glory, then chances are you know a little about what you're going to get already. From the gloriously silly opening credits, DEADPOOL wants to make one thing clear right off the bat: this is not going to be a shy movie. If they're going to do DEADPOOL, they're going to do it right this time!
As is well known by now, the last time they brought the merc with the mouth to the big screen, it was in 2009's abysmal X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, where they took the decision to allow a significant part of his screen time to take place with his mouth sewn shut. This time around there will be no mouth-sewing, instead we get plenty of crude humour, gratuitous violence and all the fourth wall breaking we can handle. This is DEADPOOL the way it should always have been.
Wade Wilson (Reynolds) makes the untimely discovery that he is riddled with cancer; it's untimely because he has just met the woman of his dreams. In an act of desperation he agrees to undergo an unorthodox procedure that will supposedly cure him, and as an added bonus he'll get superpowers. As always, with these things, it's not going to be that straightforward. End result: he becomes Deadpool; he's super but he's definitely not a hero, and he has one thing on his mind: revenge against the people that did this to him.
DEADPOOL is consistently laugh-out-loud funny. From the witty one-liners to the numerous sight gags with so much more dotted throughout. If you don't mind your humour being a bit silly and more than bit crude then this is one of the funniest you'll have seen in a long time. It's also excessively violent; the censors' decision to go with the 15 certificate in the UK will certainly be raising a few eyebrows.
Tonally, DEADPOOL is fairly consistent, the only noticeable exception to this are the scenes inside the facility where Wilson is being 'tested' by the shady people who have brought him there to 'cure' him. It is in these scenes where events take a very dark turn, almost too dark. This humourless sequence sticks out like a sore thumb and threatens to hamper the film momentarily. Fortunately, it's not too long before we're back to the quipping and dick jokes.
At a time where the superhero flick could do with maybe taking a step back and easing off the 'taking itself too seriously' pedals, DEADPOOL arrives like a breath of fresh air to a genre that is fast showing signs of being worn. Though, you might want to consider leaving the kids at home for this one.