After assassins storm his home, Wade, aka Deadpool, is devastated that his girlfriend Vanessa died in the ensuing assault. Deadpool tries to commit suicide by blowing himself up, yet is reassembled by the 10ft tall Colossus who wants him to join the X-Men. When Cable, a man from the future, travels to the present to kill the 14-year old orphan mutant kid Russell because the latter will grow up to become a mass murderer who will kill Cable's family, Deadpool assembles his own team, X-Force. However, all of his team members die when descending with a parachute, except for Domino who battles Cable in the convoy. Russell escapes and team up with 15ft tall Juggernaut in order to kill the abusive principal of the orphanage. Deadpool and Cable strike a deal to try to change Russell before the kid can become evil, and they succeed.
The sequel to the refreshing "Deadpool" works, yet it does feel strangely calculative and standard at times. The 1st film surprised precisely because it risked by presenting an R-rated superhero (satire) movie that defies the "safe" formula—the 2nd film follows that same formula, so much, in fact, that it becomes formulaic in its own way. Or maybe the 1st film just caused the viewers to get use to the Deadpool character, making the 2nd one less of a surprise when we come back to him. Several jokes are still great and prove that the authors gave a worthy sequel that does not need to be ashamed of itself, whereas Ryan Reynolds is again deliciously comical at times. Some of the best jokes are just sight gags: in one sequence, Cable shoots at Deadpool, yet the latter blocks the bullet with his sword. Cable then shoots dozens of bullets at Deadpool, who swings both of his swords to stop the bullets—but as Deadpool stops, he notices that he has several holes in his suit, anyway. In another, Domino approaches the scene to help Deadpool, but when she sees that the villain Juggernaut is 15ft tall, she just opens her eyes, gasps, turns around, and walks away.
A small problem is that "Deadpool 2" throws so many dialogues at mechanical super-speed, which makes them appear and disappear too fast, without time for the viewers to simply absorb them and enjoy them. Some of the pop-culture references do not work all the time, neither: for instance, just randomly mentioning M. McCounaughey. Matt Damon's "disguise" cameo as a hillbilly who rants about toilet paper is not particularly funny, either. Luckily, numerous other jokes are a blast, such as when Deadpool mentions that his movie is the 2nd highest grossing R-rated movie—after "The Passion of the Christ". In another, after regenerating himself, Deadpool's lower part of the body is growing out of his rump, so he sits there in a shirt, on the couch, with tiny legs, and Weasel describes how Deadpool looks: "It's like he's a Muppet from the waist down, but this time, you can see the Muppet's dick!" Unfortunately, the women characters do not get nowhere near as much of good lines. Vanessa is sadly murdered off in the opening act, without a reason, whereas Domino is underused and has very little dialogue, though Zazie Beetz makes her more charming than some other actress could have. The time travel plot is good, but it does trip over some typical clichees. Regardless of that, "Deadpool 2" delivers another example of wacky (albeit sometimes bloody) fun, whereas the closing credits are especially inspired and abound with the character's full energy.
Grade:++
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