Reynolds, the writers, and newcomer director Tim Miller (or "some very well paid director," as the opening credits claim) all jump into what the character really has to offer.

Rating: 8/10 (11 April 2020)

Deadpool is one of those characters that are hard to work with, because you must embrace its real essence and explore its full potential. Already previously portrayed on movie screens in "X-Men Origns- Wolverine" and also being played by Ryan Reynolds, but in a totally misrepresented way, as a poorly made caricature of what this character really is, causing enormous frustration to fans of X-Men. Wilson is one of the members of Team X of William Stryker (along with Wolverine, Sabretooth, Bolt, John Wraith, Agent Zero and Blob). After his "death", Wilson's body is "harnessed" in the Arma X project and becomes "Weapon XI" (played by Reynolds and Scott Adkins), referred to by Stryker as "Deadpool" for having "plundered" powers (pooled ) from other mutants - the healing factor and blades coming out of the fists like Wolverine's, Scott Summers' optical bursts and Wraith's teleportation.
A few years later, Fox, aware of the potential at hand, decided to give the character a new opportunity and called Reynolds again to play him. The actor wanted to do it right this time. For the direction, Tim Miller, specialist in visual effects for cinema and video games, was called to lead the chatty anti-hero's first solo adventure. This version of Deadpool ignores the version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, although its metalinguistic and debauched tone includes derogatory mentions to it.
The character was created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza and appeared for the first time in 1991, as a villain in New Mutants # 98 (a story that in Brazil came out in Os Fabulosos X-Men # 584 in 1994). It was inspired by the villain of DC Comics Exterminador (Deathstroke), including with his name parodying his alter ego, "Slade Wilson". From a title written by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness in 1998, he gained his own style, known for its destructive capacity, extremely acid humor, cultural satirical references and occasionally the breaking of the fourth wall, communicating directly with the reader.
The great success of this adaptation is undoubtedly the script of the duo Rhet Reese and Paul Wernick, able to explain the whole essence of the character with a text full of pop references, metalanguages and self-references in a mocking tone, betting on an acid and nothing politically correct. In no way does this sucker remind us of the low-age texts from the Marvel universe and his most innocent humor delicately inserted. "Deadpool" makes everything even more funny, daring, uses and abuses sexual swear words without any ceremony, without censorship in an unforgivable joke that does not leave out even Hugh Jackman, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart and James McAvow, the singer Sinead O'Connor, Green Lantern, A Place Called Notting Hill and even Ryan Reynolds himself.
Presented as "another superhero movie" with "a hot girl", "a CGI character" and "a British villain", Deadpool assumes the most fanciful principle possible when he decides to transform Wade Wilson (Reynolds), a former Special Forces officer, a kind of upside-down hero (or anti-hero, as you prefer) who decides to go after those responsible for his deformed skin after Wade agreed to participate in experiments due to the appearance of terminal cancer. Reynolds, the writers, and newcomer director Tim Miller (or "some very well paid director," as the opening credits claim) all jump into what the character really has to offer. It is not easy to take a movie all over the mood that needs to burst out laughing at every scene, and Deadpool does it.
And it's not just humor that Deadpool's greatest merits lie. Director Tim Miller and the neat edition of Julian Clarke construct action scenes in an ingenious way, dynamically, based on the absence of linearity - a feature that does the job of instigating the audience's interest. They bring a difference compared to other films of the genre. The still scenes spinning around its axis, the mind-blowing action scenes extremely well choreographed and drawn that culminate in a bridge, in the middle of bodies being launched and being cut and torn in slow motion. It is unusual graphic violence for the genre. Due to the low budget for a film of the genre, the film merges in editing only two large action scenes, which opens and closes the film. The scenes of the chase through the streets and the shooting on the bridge are millimetrically planned, whereas the scenes at the climax of the film are interesting, but more generic and standardized.
Just as Hgh Jackman was born to play Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds is the perfect embodiment of Deadpool. Also collaborating with ideas for the script, the actor dedicated himself to this second opportunity to live the anti-hero and brings all the sarcasm and acidity needed. His chemistry with the sensual Brazilian actress Morena Baccarin - who plays the prostitute Vanessa - stands out and yields great scenes of complicity between them. They are two people with different personal traumas who meet and get involved in body and soul.
Completing the cast, the villain Ed Skrein (Ajax) and the comic relief, the Indian Dopinder (Karan Soni) also serve his purposes very well. Master Stan Lee is also present, making yet another hilarious participation. But not everything works so well. However, given the freshness and vitality of the mercenary, the rest of the characters are erased, stereotyped and even wasted when the script under-utilizes their skills, especially the fantastic Gina Carano, former MMA fighter.The mutant Colossus, who brings a actor Stefan Kapicic's heavy and heavy accent - which at times irritates.
"Deadpool" brings a freshness to the genre and manages to perfectly balance the rampant violence with the inconsequential humor and effectively presents us with a character previously unknown among the biggest names in the current cinema of heroes. He is charismatic, he is irreverent, he is talkative, he is cynical and he is really amusing. This is Deadpool.