Deadpool 2 (2018)
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After the tragic loss of his girlfriend, Deadpool must form a team to protect a young mutant from a time-traveling soldier.
The story
After fighting organized crime as Deadpool for two years, Wade Wilson faces the aftermath of a tragic accident involving his girlfriend, Vanessa. While struggling with his grief, he is approached by Colossus to join the X-Men. Wade reluctantly agrees, believing it is what Vanessa would have wanted. He soon finds himself in a high-stakes situation involving a young mutant named Russell Collins, who is being hunted by a time-traveling soldier named Cable. To protect the boy, Wade must assemble a team known as X-Force to navigate a dangerous landscape of mutant criminals and powerful adversaries.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Following the death of his girlfriend Vanessa, Wade Wilson (Deadpool) is recruited by Colossus to join the X-Men. He teams up with Negasonic Teenage Warhead to protect a young mutant, Russell Collins, from the time-traveling soldier Cable. They are captured and imprisoned in the 'Ice Box' before Wade leads a team called X-Force to rescue Russell. During the escape, Juggernaut intervenes, and Wade and Cable must work together to ensure Russell doesn't become a serial killer in Cable's timeline. Ultimately, Wade sacrifices himself to stop Russell, but Cable uses time travel to save Wade's life and undo the deaths of Vanessa and other team members. The film ends with Wade using a time-traveling device to fix various timeline errors, including his own appearance in other films.
- First release year
- 2018
- Runtime (minutes)
- 119
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Leitch
- Writers
- Rhett Reese · writer; Paul Wernick · writer; Ryan Reynolds · writer
- Cast and characters
- Ryan Reynolds · Wade Wilson / Deadpool; Josh Brolin · Cable; Morena Baccarin · Vanessa Carlysle; Julian Dennison · Russell Collins / Firefist; Zazie Beetz · Domino; T.J. Miller · Weasel; Brianna Hildebrand · Negasonic Teenage Warhead; Jack Kesy · Black Tom Cassidy
- Genres
- superhero
- Themes
- sacrifice; grief; heroism
- Tone and mood
- humorous; action-packed
- Premise and plot tags
- superhero; time-travel; multiverse
- Source material / true-story basis
- Marvel Comics
- Content notes
- R-rated
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised its humor, cast performances, story, and action sequences, though some criticized its tone, script, and recycled jokes.
- Production trivia
- The film's version of Juggernaut was modeled after director David Leitch's face.; The character Negasonic Teenage Warhead is in the first openly LGBTQ relationship depicted in a Marvel film.; The film features a cameo by Matt Damon, who is credited as 'Dickie Greenleaf'.
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