“Deadpool and Wolverine” has made a disrupting, loud and crude splash in the movie industry, boasting a shiny new $200 million dollar budget, a record breaking amount of money for the Deadpool movie franchise. Both Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprise their roles and breathing life (literally, in Wolverine’s case) back into both Deadpool and Wolverine respectively.
After being ripped from his dimension by the Time Variance Authority, Deadpool is offered a position in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, however, he decides to partner up with an alternate universe variant of Wolverine to help save his universe from complete destruction. The movie has become a critical and financial success in a time where most people are burnt out on everything Marvel, it is a fantastic third addition to the franchise and is, for the most part, everything a Deadpool movie with Wolverine needed to be.
The comedy is still absolutely on point, it is just as chaotically hilarious as the first two movies. With the addition of Wolverine who is a great comedic foil due to his more serious, gruff tone, the exact polar opposite of Deadpool, who doesn’t take anything serious at all. The fight scenes and general action is also phenomenal, with crazy slow-mo shots and creative wacky ideas. Visual gags are delivered mid-fight with fast-paced portions where there’s a million things happening at once. Great effects and animations are still fully on display here (although that’s to be expected from a Marvel movie in the modern age).
Deadpool’s plotline is also great, he wants more than to be stuck as a one-trick pony his whole life and wants to prove to himself, that he’s more than just a joke. They make the conflict far more personal to Deadpool this time around, which does a lot in terms of humanizing a character who has always been thought of as this near immortal comedian that is only ever present to make the audience laugh.
However, the movie is far from perfect. They heavily tie it in with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a concept everyone is beyond tired of at this point. The movie also makes connections with the “Loki” series on Disney Plus, using many concepts from it as integral parts of the plot, and while they do explain the concepts, it is done fairly quickly and could definitely still confuse people who haven’t seen the show. Wolverine fans might also leave the movie somewhat disappointed as Wolverine is not given nearly the focus Deadpool is. While Wolverine’s plotline is still good, they definitely don’t spend as much time and effort on it as they did with Deadpool’s.
Despite the criticisms, the movie is still definitely worth watching for fans of Deadpool, Wolverine and Marvel in general. It does everything that should’ve been done with the concept of Wolverine meeting Deadpool, it could have used some minor fixes and placed more emphasis on Wolverine, as well as at least explaining some of the concepts it uses from other properties in a far better way.
With all of that being said however, it’s an overall great addition to the franchise and is a great breath of fresh air for Marvel. After going through a bit of a rough patch in terms of critical ratings. It is an entertaining, hilarious and fun movie from start to finish that any Marvel fan should see.
