Luke Thorne’s review published on Letterboxd:
Shawn Levy’s violent action-comedy stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as two failed superheroes who forge an unlikely partnership to stop a nasty threat.
The third entry in the action-comedy series concentrates on Deadpool’s (Ryan Reynolds) quiet life which comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority gathers him to assist preserve the multiverse. It isn’t long before he gets together with his would-be friend, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), to finish the assignment and rescue his world from an existential danger.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman both give very good performances in their respective parts as the two title characters, the two superheroes teaming up to form an unlikely alliance, but Deadpool is determined to stop trouble and save the world, while so does Wolverine, but he doesn’t take it as seriously as Deadpool.
Ryan and Hugh also play the parts of Wade and Logan to a respectable standard.
Elsewhere, Emma Corrin is decent as Cassandra Nova, the mutant in the Void who has very special powers, while Morena Baccarin is fine as Wade’s former wife-to-be Vanessa Carlyle.
Also giving moderate performances are Rob Delaney as the car salesman Peter Wisdom, Leslie Uggams as Wade’s blind, elderly roommate Blind AI, Aaron Stanford as the pyrokinetic mutant Pyro, and Matthew Macfayden as the Time Variance Authority agent Mr. Paradox.
The direction from Levy is very good because he allows the facial expressions to be seen to a strong effect throughout, while also keeping a mixed atmosphere happening as well.
The script is written to a decent standard by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wemick, Zeb Wells and the director as they make the movie good to follow and create humour too, meaning the movie never takes itself too seriously. But even when the movie isn’t funny, you can still understand what is happening, because the narrative is definitely there from beginning to end.
The camera stands out best in terms of the technical aspects, because it makes good use of the locations and also captures the tense and funny moments well, which get the edge-of-the-seat status.
Its soundtrack is great too.
The only criticism I have is that the pace is a little slow at times.
Overall, despite the pacing, Deadpool & Wolverine is a very decent action-comedy, due to the very good performances in particular from Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, along with the direction, script, mixed atmosphere, tense moments and humour.
