With quintessential Deadpool self-awareness, Ryan Reynolds cheekily quips his way through two hours of boredom-killing gratification.
This film takes any attempts to be serious and turns them into cannon-fodder for fourth-wall-shattering slaps in the face that the audience laps up by the bucket load.
Highlighting the shortcomings of the film would play right into the hands of the red spandex-clad anti-hero, whose wit and sarcasm are infuriatingly infectious.
Not smart, but cannyThe writers, seven of them including leads Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, have pre-emptied the complaints of any eager analysts , rendering reactionary internet rage impotent in the way they turn forced plot conveniences into gags.
There are a few consequences to the characters actions, illustrated by the two leads, who with regenerative powers, repeatedly hacking and slashing at one another with futile inanity.
