Dark and fun

Rating: 8/10 (14 February 2016)

DEADPOOL (2016) *** Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, Ed Skrein, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams. Dark and tongue-in-cheek adaptation of Marvel Comics' cult comic book hero (Reynolds filling out his quota frankly as a hero; c'mon buddy give some one else a break) - a mercenary who becomes invincible after being tortured into mutation after being diagnosed with terminal cancer and in a last ditch effort to be 'cured' - who seeks vengeance while dispatching sardonic quips and bloodletting with mad skills, yo. Directed with élan by Tim Miller and a tad-too-in-love-with-itself meta screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick has more hit than miss brio with style and over the top brio than your average origin flick. Baccarin adds sultry sexiness as the hero's hooker with a heart of gold and Miller's dead-pan dork sidekick much needed guffaws. Snarky and fun to a certain extent and some killer opening credits (and closing ones too); the stuff in between is just gravy.