“Deadpool 2” Review | Double Trouble
Spoilers beware.
And now, we’ve come to the second installment of the Deadpool trilogy before Deadpool & Wolverine comes out this weekend. To be frank, I’m a little apprehensive moving forward. Not because this film is bad — far from it, in fact. This is the last good X-Men movie released under Fox, a year before their acquisition by Disney. The next two are….so, so bad. But, that’s for the next couple of days of misery; for now, it’s time to discuss Deadpool 2, the 2018 sequel that managed to make bank amidst the superhero fever of that year. In multiple ways, Deadpool 2 surpasses its predecessor; visually, narratively, and in the scope of its story, the David Leitch-directed sequel delivers on multiple fronts. As I write these words, I’m contemplating whether or not this is better than the first outright.
Wade Wilson has been Deadpool for about 2 years now, taking out bad guys and various crime organizations in the iconic red suit. It seems like everything is going perfectly, especially when he learns that Vanessa is ready to have a baby; sadly, tragedy strikes. Vanessa is shot and killed by one of Wade’s surviving targets, whom he grabs and thrusts them both into an oncoming truck. In the midst of Wade’s guilt, a second chance arises: a scared mutant child named Russell Collins, A.K.A. Firefist, thrashes out against his abusers and torturers at an…
