Deadpool

Deadpool: This movie is the first break-out hit if the year. It made about $150 million over the weekend and has an 84% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Ok, I liked it too. Deadpool is very funny. I don't get to say this very often but I laughed out loud a lot. It's also R-rated for a few bare breasts, some raunchy humor, and lots of blood and gore. Deadpool tells the story of a an ex-special forces guy (Ryan Reynolds) who meets the love of his life (Morena Baccarin) and then discovers that he has terminal cancer. And since he is living in the Marvel Universe, he is kidnapped by some very bad guys who mutate his genes to turn him into a super-slave. The good news is that it cures his cancer and gives him super powers. The bad news is that he is hard to look at and people keep trying to kill him. So he makes a nice outfit and calls himself, Deadpool (long story). As I mentioned, Deadpool is part of the Marvel Universe and in the movie, he is being recruited by the X-Men in the persons of Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead who also help him out fighting the bad guys. Deadpool notes that due to budget constraints, they could only afford two X-Men. Oh and he lives with an older blind woman played by Leslie Uggams (yes, that Leslie Uggams!). Deadpool is a lot of fun starting with some very amusing Opening Credits that had the crowd laughing right off the bat. Deadpool is full of extended bloody fights which seem to be endless since he has super-healing powers and his nemesis doesn't feel any pain. But not to worry, Deadpool is constantly turning to the audience and breaking the fourth wall to make a few jokes. The screenplay is great and the director, Tim Miller, keeps the action moving. The running time of Deadpool is nicely under two hours. Go see it.