Deadpool 2

My biggest gripe is that Morena Baccarin (the goddess) is only in it for 5 minutes. Other than that, it's a classic comic book adaptation, with lots of jokes, moderate action, not much of a script to speak of, and medium-rate entertainment. A mass produced film that will make money, but you won’t want to watch it again. For die-hard fans of Deadpool as a quirky comic book character and possibly Josh Brolin. (13/08/2018)

It's actually an incredibly positive and motivational film, not so much because of any family concept – everyone will dismiss the family values stuff with an ironic grin anyway (which is what the story is trying to do, after all) –, but rather for the vulgar and self-reflexive lightness, which brings up a smile that will be broader the more experienced the viewer is – and it’s nice to see an A-level Hollywood production making fun of the clichés and the moral and ethnic "laws" of A-level Hollywood productions in such an open way. What I didn’t enjoy is that it goes overboard with the self-awareness in places, which kills potentially impressive moments, especially around the great Cable, but all in all I had a good time, absorbing all the bold innuendo with gusto and watching with interest how the filmmakers, in a little chaotic and simplistic way at times (the opening and the ending), but mostly thoughtfully, manipulate the possibilities and structure of their fictional world, which also transforms into a commentary and reflection of Western pop culture depending on the situation. At times I felt that the motifs could produce more punchy and rich humour (for example, the obvious Terminator inspiration is done away with in one line), the constant dick jokes sometimes annoyed me, and to rate it better, there shouldn't be so many deaf spots or repetitive techniques. In sum, the winner is definitely number one, which had a more coherent effect on me, the second one is very funny, but the narrative is more cumbersome. 70% (17/05/2018)

An excellent sequel to an excellent first part about a talkative Canadian who talked the head off Death. The second part has logically lost the moment of surprise, so it makes up for it with bigger explosions and number of stars (not in the review). All the important X-people are back! What’s more, setting up the X-Force and their first mission is super. After Thanos, Brolin is issued with another ultimate hard-guy. There’s less time traveling than I expected, but that is probably being saved for some post-credits scene. A perfect, feelgood family film. (18/05/2018)

I liked it more than the first film because it has less of the simple pubescent cheap humor. Deadpool 2 is incredibly off the rails, it has great teams and opposing players (Josh Brolin is fantastic as Cable, Zazie Beetz will win your heart 100% in the role of Domino), it once again doesn't have problems stirring up believable emotions nor undirected volleys of laughter, there are a lot of unexpected things going on in it (X-Force!!!!) and it's not awkward for even a second. That's great. (19/05/2018)

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." This is exactly what the makers of Deadpool 2 followed, sticking to the sequel rules and simply trying to cram more of the things that audiences enjoyed last time into one film. And it works. It's still just as cheeky, gritty and fun. Plus, thanks to a new director, we get a level better action sequences, and besides, the trailers are far from spelling out everything that made it into the film. It's a shame about the slightly more rushed start, but even so, Deadpool 2 is at least on par with the first. Or rather, it surpasses it in every way. (27/07/2018)