It is weird timing for a film like Deadpool & Wolverine.
Ever since the end of Thanos in Endgame, a majority of the shows and films have been, at best, just good (I exempt No Way Home). A lot of super hero fatigue can play into this, along with the termination of Jonathon Majors as Kang and both a writers and actors strike. The film also needs to live up to being not only the MCU debut of both it’s title characters, but the first MCU film to be rated R (more on that later).
Of course, the “merc with a mouth” would never show any signs of being worried about this. Like the first film, this one starts with Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) a little too far in the story as he is trying to find Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), only to find out he actually is dead after the events of Logan. We learn he is searching for the former X-Men member to help him as he tries to save his world from being done away with due to a member of the TVA (introduced in Loki) named Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen from Succession).
Don’t worry, I won’t go more into the plot, for doing so would require me to reveal the laundry list of cameos, and I would not dream of ruining that for you (the surprise is worth it). Of course, going to a Deadpool movie for an enriching plot is akin to watching the Olympics for the uniforms (not sure if that worked as a comparison, but they are on this week so I will go with it). The chemistry between Reynolds and Jackman (who has a few scenes showing how he is almost too perfect for this role now) is adamantium strong.
The bad news lies with middle schoolers, who I am sure are dying to see this. Parents, they are your kids, but the film more than makes up for its R rating. There may be no nudity/sexual content, but there is a fair amount of sexual dialogue.Of course, there is more than enough violence and swearing. I leave it to the parents. They are your kids.
As is the case with every superhero movie/tv show nowadays, “homework” is needed to understand a lot of the jokes in D&W (as a friend of mine called it in a text.) I definitely got most of the references in the jokes (my favorite one referring to Jackman’s time on stage as The Music Man), but I honestly did not laugh as loud and frequent as I wish I did.
Oddly enough, there is another sequel out in theaters, Twisters, that does not require one to watch the previous film…and is honestly a better film than this one.
I don’t think Deadpool & Wolverine has saved the MCU, but it does help it regenerate.
Overall:
Nothing else to say 