Deadpool

Rating: 8/10 (29 March 2016)

For years Marvel have released films that are aimed at either kids... or big kids. It's weird that we finally have an adult marvel film. First of all let me say that the usual juvenile marvel humour we all know and love isn't lost on this film, but it has all the sex and violence of an adult film. Ryan Reynolds is much more at home then in the Green Lantern film that flopped 5 years ago. His performance is complimented brilliantly by the breaking down of the fourth wall. I was sceptical of a super hero that spoke directly to the audience but something about it just works. Deadpool is one of the best films Marvel have released in recent years and yet another example of why Marvel are leaps and bounds ahead of DC. While DC rely heavily on Batman and Superman, Marvel just seem to throw up more and more great super hero's straight from the comic books. Perhaps the two reasons I gave the film an 8 and not a 10 are as follows. 1. I would have liked to see better additional characters as I felt deadpool was the only enjoyable character 2. It was very obvious that this was a start up film for a much longer story, perhaps the sequel will offer more in the way of an epic battle between deadpool and an iconic villain.
All in all the film was a credit to Marvel's great run of form perhaps one upping Ant Man which was also a very impressive film