- Starring
- Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Rating
- R
- Genre
- Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Superhero
- Release date
- July 26, 2024
Overall Score
Rating Overview
Rating Summary
The Multiverse is in chaos, and the only two people who can save it are the wisecracking fourth-wall-breaking Deadpool and his man-crush, the mutant who’s the best at what he does, Wolverine. Together, they will hack and slash their way to saving the Sacred Timeline and each other, not to mention the MCU.
Deadpool & Wolverine Review
With painfully few exceptions, Netflix’s Beverley Hills Cop: Axel F being among the most recent, legacy characters and legacy IPs, especially male or male-centric ones, have been kicked around and treated like family members that the big studios that own them are ashamed to acknowledge. So, when it was announced that The House of Mouse was going to bring back one of the most beloved comic/comic book movie characters of all time, featured in a film franchise known for its diarrhea and masturbation jokes, one could be forgiven for puckering up in some warm dark places.
Fortunately, the main duo’s affinity for the character shines through in scene after scene as Jackman’s dour Wolverine plays rage-filled ying to Reynolds’ neverending diatribe of sophomoric yang. This dynamic was attempted in Deadpool 2 with Josh Brolin’s Cable but fell flat due to a number of factors, Cable’s lack of character development chief among them. In Deadpool and Wolverine, the chemistry sings.
Whereas 2 sometimes felt relentless and chaotic, by keeping the focus tight on its two charismatic leads and infusing it with the perfect combination of heart, humor, and brutal violence, Deadpool & Wolverine effortlessly soars past the dreg that has become the MCU specifically and Disney programming in general.
Another shining star atop the film’s refrigerator art, as Wade and Logan go on a worlds-spanning adventure, good-naturedly harpooning many of the MCU’s blunders and missteps via The Merc with The Mouth’s signature meta-humor, the Deadpool & Wolverine delivers scene after scene of the best fan service ever put to film. Do not go hunting for spoilers, and hide your eyes from all of the marketing because D&W’s cameos are beyond next-level, and each one discovered before its time will rob you of much of the movie’s magic.
All of these warm and fuzzies aren’t just good but are dearly needed because the film’s plot is only slightly more undercooked than its villain. Played with aplomb enough to almost make up for being little more than a glorified plot device, Emma Corrin, best known for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown, manages to squeeze out and amplify both drops of character development written for her Cassandra. Performing real-life magic, she manufactures a three-dimensional performance virtually from thin air.
Ultimately, Deadpool & Wolverine is a savagely hilarious action-adventure comedy that relies on a lot of fun action sequences, tons of charisma, and gallons of chemistry between its leads. By the film’s end, your face will hurt from smiling.
WOKE ELEMENTS
It’s The 3rd One
- There’s a sprinkling of sacrilege that inches its way past modern cinema’s ubiquitous overuse of the Lord’s Name. This is why I didn’t endorse the film as Worth it.
It’s Only Gay If You Don’t Laugh
- The marketing campaign had some fans worried that Deadpool & Wolverine would lean hard into the bromance that Reynolds has been hinting at since the first Deadpool. However, the movie avoids this like the plague and instead dishes out a continual barrage of gay jokes that lampoon homosexuality rather than glorifying it.
James Carrick
James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
17 comments
Bunny with a Key board
July 26, 2024 at 1:12 am
If it has Deadpool mocking the lgbt, making fun of pc culture like the Cable scene in number 2 (where domino agrees with the old white male), but has yukio and negasonic warhead, I wonder if he is gonna mark it woke.. and worth it?
CoffeeMe
July 26, 2024 at 1:12 am
I’m not optimistic. His noticeably brighter red suit screams Disney influence. Not sure I can take Dismal Deadpool.
Dan
July 26, 2024 at 8:05 pm
The suit looks exactly the same to me.
Enlightened Liberal
July 28, 2024 at 3:15 am
Not gonna lie, this is a goofy take. Bright red is WOKE now? Is Wonder Bread woke now too–given its colorful packaging?
b
July 26, 2024 at 11:31 pm
I’ll likely be seeing it on Tuesday (discount day) but I’m sure every showing will still be packed.
Matt
July 27, 2024 at 8:24 am
I found it dragged big time during much of the film, BUT it has some serious laughs. Not all of the jokes worked, but I would say the majority of them did. I liked seeing him and Wolverine together. It’s worth seeing for that and for the laughs, but like I said, the plot drags a lot and it isn’t the most interesting in terms of narrative. I liked the first two Deadpool films much more. I think it was fun having the two great villains in the first two, especially Cable.
widgetreine
July 28, 2024 at 9:45 am
I thought the first Deadpool was hilarious (making my uptight libtard sister look at me like I’d lost my mind). The
second one not so much, but Deadpool and Wolverine, while a bit overlong, was great. Lots of snarky inside jokes
and great cameos, great fight scenes (the initial one where Deadpool dances, and the one in the Honda Odyssey
were terrific. The stuntmen don’t get enough credit). The special effects were good (how the heck did they do the fingers through the head?) Yes, some aspects fell a bit flat, but overall a great effort.
Ktuff_morning
August 1, 2024 at 9:54 am
You call your sister libtard? No wonder your family turned their backs on you.
snyderssoapbox
August 3, 2024 at 2:44 pm
Libtards ruin everything.
bowill01
July 30, 2024 at 2:13 pm
Pretty funny and they were a good duo. I wouldn’t say it’s good clean fun but definitely fun. Don’t take your kids.
Ktuff_morning
August 1, 2024 at 4:13 am
Worth it or Woke is woke. You don’t criticize obligatory racial inclusivity any more. Lots of that in Deadpool & Wokeverine. You also missed a gender pronoun sensitivity reference.
They took out the gay cringe humor ostensibly because it’s “insensitive” and promotes “intolerance” towards homosexuality but there is such a thing as satire, meaning we could very well be making fun of the absurdity of the stereotype itself. Even when the point of the humor is ambiguous enough to make you wonder if it’s deliberately insensitive is funny too. Control of others with the political force of self-serving interpretation is despicably woke.
They replaced gay cringe with gross cringe; the ugly dog licking his face for example. Did you notice the “highly offensive” Johnny Storm diatribe was completely gender/sexual/race sensitive?
The edge of the movie was from gross cringe and sickening violence. How can the filmmakers make such depraved violence and yet scrupulously observe moral sensitivity? There seems to be a hypocrisy here.
Worth it? Ummm not for $20. The Wolverine mask was very cool though.
Ktuff_morning
August 1, 2024 at 4:14 am
fix my review and post it please. use asterisks or whatever.
BasedHunter24
August 1, 2024 at 11:50 pm
The fact that gender ideology was even mentioned makes it 100% woke, don’t get de-sensitized to the woke agender. Well done to the crew and actors though for their good work.
Tboi
August 4, 2024 at 8:47 am
Hey, could you review trap? It’s one I’ve been wanting to watch, but I’m not sure about the wokeness level
James Carrick
August 4, 2024 at 11:50 am
Working on it today.
Хер Флик
August 6, 2024 at 9:19 am
Me and my Eastern European friends rated this movie as 3/10 gay trash
snyderssoapbox
August 7, 2024 at 8:43 pm
Well, I guess I’ll add my 2 cents. I liked DP3 about as much as I liked DP2. I liked the 1st one the best. I chose to overlook the shortcomings others have mentioned due to the combination we’d been waiting for of DP, and Wolverine. All the supporting characters of previous DP movies took a backseat to the action packed duo. I thought there was a good amount of action. Due to the fighting between Reynolds, and Disney, there were several parts of the film that were reshot, chopped, or changed. I wish Disney would keep their heads out of DP business. Reynolds seems to know what the fans want, and it isn’t woke, DEI, messaging. The movie was mostly based, but the inclusion of the lesbian characters from DP2 was carried forward. It was barely noticeable. Like I said, the other characters took a backseat to DP, and Wolverine. I had a great time. I would caution people who are easily upset by sacrilege, profanity, sexually graphic jokes, and gratuitous violence, this is not your type of movie. If you are a DP fan, it is more of the same.