GENRE:
Action, Comedy
RATING:
R for strong violence and language with some nudity
RUNTIME: 1 hours and 48 minutes
RUNTIME: 1 hours and 48 minutes
STARRING:
Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder, Green Lantern)
Morena
Baccarin (Homeland, Firefly); TJ
Miller (Silicon Valley)
DIRECTOR:
Tim Miller (newcomer)
WRITERS:
Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Zombieland)
PLOT:
A ‘hero’ with quick healing powers seeks revenge on the man who experimented on
him. And he likes to swear.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I only vaguely remember him from Origins: Wolverine.
STORY STUFF: The beginning and ending of the story is well paced and
full of humour. The experiment that makes Deadpool into the guy he is was
pretty boring. Maybe it was because the bad guy didn’t have much gravitas. I
enjoy how the film tells the story in a non-linear fashion. I did not like the
X-Men connection. Could care less about Colossus and who the hell is Negasonic
Teenage Warhead?
ACTING STUFF: Reynolds finally has an action hero worth watching. You can
tell that he is having so much fun playing this role, it makes you want to root
for him even more. Miller and Baccarin do well to support Reynolds. The rest of
the cast is blah.
ARTISTIC STUFF: Fantastic opening titles, fun slo-mo images mixed with
sarcastically perfect credits. Just like the story, the beginning and ending
are full of violent fun, the middle is snooze-ville. Deadpool loves to break
the fourth wall and talk to the audience. His comments on X-Men are hysterical.
Great meta fun. This film also has a kickin’ soundtrack from pulsing DMX to cheesy
Wham!
VERDICT:
Three and a half stars
SEE IT IF:
You aren’t offended easily by gratuitous language & violence
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Zoolander 2,
Zootopia
1 comment:
Seeing Deadpool tonight - and I await your review of Zoolander 2. I wasn't disappointed by it, but that's because I didn't expect anything.
Didn't catch your Oscar predictions for this year. Check out a comparison between what the Academy thinks and what Rotten Tomatoes thought of Best Picture for each year since 1928: http://imgur.com/gallery/jZQWl
I went through the list and found myself agreeing with Rotten Tomatoes slightly more frequently. The 90s were a bit of a mess.
Stay classy.
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