Review: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is Hilariously Good

This third installment, as with the other two, is filled with fourth-wall breaking comedy and Easter eggs aplenty.

I admit: I was somewhat unaware of Deadpool as a character before the first movie. While my wife is a fan of the comics, I never really got into any comic. (Just because I find it hard to figure out where to move my eye.) So when the first movie came out, I was delightfully surprised at the self-referential humor and the breaking of the fourth wall.

Deadpool & Wolverine is more of the same, but taken to 11. As with the first movie, it starts mid-fight, giving the credits plenty of time to make themselves known, and then we’re off onto the plot. Surprisingly, there’s a lot more of one than you would expect from such an outlandish comedy.

I don’t want to say too much, because I think a lot of the humor comes from not knowing what’s going to happen, but I will give what you can glean from the trailers. (Surprisingly, the trailers don’t spoil much of anything.) Deadpool, trying to save his universe, travels the multiverse to find a Wolverine (that’s alive, that is) that can help him save it.

There’s plenty of references to the Fox Universe of superhero films (during the credits, there’s even a video that could almost be an in memoriam for the studio). There’s also casting gags galore, with enough cameos to show that this movie, unlike the other two, is funded with Disney cash.

I don’t think you’d necessarily enjoy the movie if you weren’t familiar with the other two (of course, I never could understand why someone would go see a third movie without seeing the other two first), and it helps to have a good understanding of the MCU to get a lot of the jokes. But if you are a fan (of both Deadpool and the MCU), you will enjoy it. I haven’t laughed that hard at a movie in a long time.

As with the other two Deadpool movies, the soundtrack is so wrong it fits perfectly, and the fight scenes are wonderfully choreographed.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have great chemistry – falling somewhere between romantic comedy and a buddy film. They play off each other like they are having the time of their lives, and Jackman looks like he’s having a field day being able to be in an R-rated movie. It reads like a perfect enemies to lovers fic, the two characters hating each other and gradually getting to respect (and possibly even love) each other.

Oh, and like every other Marvel film, definitely stay to the end. It’s not a teaser for the next MCU outing, but rather a missing scene that is worth every penny.

In the end, if you’re a Deadpool fan (or a fan of the Fox superhero universe), definitely go see it in a theatre. The landscape is vast, and director Shawn Levy uses every bit of the frame he can.

Deadpool & Wolverine opened July 26, 2024, and is playing at a screen near you. More about the film can be found on the official website.

Author: Angie Fiedler Sutton

Angie Fiedler Sutton is a writer, podcaster, and all-round fangirl geek. She has been published in Den of Geek, Stage Directions, LA Weekly, The Mary Sue, and others.

She also produces her own podcast, Contents May Vary, where she interviews geeky people about geeky things. You can see all her work (and social media channels) at angiefsutton.com.

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