2016 · action · superhero · comedy
Deadpool (2016)
Directed by Tim Miller1h 48m2016
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Our read: Deadpool (2016) (2016) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive action · superhero · comedy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, extreme action / superhero, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- extreme
- inventive
- funny
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How Deadpool feels to watch.
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“You want a foul-mouthed, meta superhero who loves breaking the fourth wall.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if constant swearing, graphic violence and crude jokes grate.
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